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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: 1GW (sic) Battery Energy Storage Systems Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 22:27:04 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <8ar6kjtg3c4h4sj7k3u0ltgvcqn9mcmpln@4ax.com> <88fakj9gc9rv5t2hpi1m7gc1tutillr4m1@4ax.com> <1r3wn6f.1ej130k1rwhdosN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:27:06 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="14fee0874110933460d10895b0ae3012"; logging-data="2984042"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18YMGOTuDURIgPeXaBuvWJQ7A5ISCOwcbfySXnuO1Svig==" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ITgrmghKO70nEWd67n+Ra24E5Go= In-Reply-To: <1r3wn6f.1ej130k1rwhdosN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2371 On 01/12/2024 21:56, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote: > > [...] >> If that happened again today I expect we would get something like : >> "Your call is really important to us ... our office hours are 9-5 please >> call back on Monday with you emergency power outage ". > > No you wouldn't because your 'phone wouldn't work at all in a power cut. > of more than a few hours Landline would be OK at least when it was a copper POTS circuit. I'm now on fibre so my UPS would keep it up for a few hours provided that the remote exchange batteries hold up. VDSL is dead instantly. Mobiles died doing ET phone home bleats once the local masts dropped out after ~30h. Now know to put then into airplane mode immediately to save battery. Mast transmit power drops when mains fails. Fussy flat iPhone refused to take any charge from the car which was seriously annoying. -- Martin Brown