Thing is Dove how would we differentiate between fire messages and bloody yobbo’s starting fires with their disposable BBQ’ s. Hostafan and I could do that we are in a direct line.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
It's an Uninterruptible Power Supply - basically a big battery. They come in various sizes that give varying power output over time (much like any battery) - and obviously then vary in cost. I've used one for years as I had a server for business - and latterly a couple of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices for my photos/vdeos/backups etc.
It also depends on what you want to do with it - my old one (a Smart one - that enabled it to send a network signal when power was lost - and other devices could then detect the power loss and close down in an orderly fashion) gave up the ghost and I just replaced it with a basic model - https://www.apc.com/shop/uk/en/products/APC-Back-UPS-850VA-230V-USB-Type-C-and-A-charging-ports-8-Schuko-CEE-7-outlets-2-surge-/P-BE850G2-UK (not advertising and not bought at that price from there!). But that site gives you an idea as the page has a tool saying how long the battery backup will last given the load you enter. So you need to know the wattage of the devices you want to connect - and it will then tell you how long it will last in a power failure.
I used to be able to phone the utility company in a power cut, to report it, find out what the problem was, pass the info on to others affected. That's why we all kept an old phone if we changed to cordless, to be able to communicate in power cuts. This has been how generations of people around here could access emergency services, with or without broadband in the house, everyone had these phones.
Now it's going to be more and more gadgetry, plastic, wires, batteries, clogging up our homes to replace one telephone.
And should an area with good mobile coverage experience a prolonged power outage for whatever reason, having a fully charged mobile might not be enough.
But going back to the planet thread, as I think @steveTu said, it's 'business'.
Thanks @steveTu. I'll have a good look into that this evening. I'm not remotely technical, so I don't have much idea about load. I'd just like to be able to phone out in a power cut, however prolonged. i can manage without everything else. Thanks again.
I think the new digital voice is compatible with old DECT phones as long as they're powered to the base although I think I read that the BT broadband hub/router acts as a DECT hub. Most device's manuals have their power consumption - my DECT phones show about 6W in use. Not sure what the BT hub/router uses - Googling it a user stated :'...
Thanks @steveTu that's kind of you. I am currently able to use my own cordless phones via an adaptor that plugs into a power socket ( more gadgets...another socket tied up) to somehow connect with the hub but BT said these could just stop working at any time. I only bought them about a month before they notified me of the switchover. So they sent me two cordless WiFi phones. A friend connected one up to the hub via password but it's a nuisance as it rings when I'm on the other phone! Two people can ring my number and get different phones....weird. I like a simple life really.
Apologies for accidentally being on the wrong thread, (I often click on Covid and read about cabbages, must get down to Specsavers) but I hope the discussion helps explain things a bit, for anyone in rural areas with poor broadband or mobile coverage. Be prepared for the letter/email and plead your case for not being switched over yet, if you can. Mobile coverage could well improve by 2025.
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Hostafan and I could do that we are in a direct line.
That's why we all kept an old phone if we changed to cordless, to be able to communicate in power cuts.
This has been how generations of people around here could access emergency services, with or without broadband in the house, everyone had these phones.
Now it's going to be more and more gadgetry, plastic, wires, batteries, clogging up our homes to replace one telephone.
And should an area with good mobile coverage experience a prolonged power outage for whatever reason, having a fully charged mobile might not be enough.
But going back to the planet thread, as I think @steveTu said, it's 'business'.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks again.
Re: Data on BT Smart Hub 2 Power Consumption
Hi @globe1nh
On the back of the User Guide it states:
8.48 Watts Idle
14.08 Watts On
I am currently able to use my own cordless phones via an adaptor that plugs into a power socket ( more gadgets...another socket tied up) to somehow connect with the hub but BT said these could just stop working at any time. I only bought them about a month before they notified me of the switchover. So they sent me two cordless WiFi phones. A friend connected one up to the hub via password but it's a nuisance as it rings when I'm on the other phone! Two people can ring my number and get different phones....weird.
I like a simple life really.