News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be monitored except in Windows. Parent comment

Re:I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be moni... by bongodongobob on Friday February 23, 2024 @01:23PM (#39484246)
Nonsense. UPS's don't pose any sort of serious fire risk. UPSs starting on fire are exceedingly rare. Sure, it's probably happened. People get hit by lightning too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be moni... by silon42 on Friday February 23, 2024 @01:30PM (#39484342)
I'd guess they are certainly safer than a laptop, but it depends on a manufacturer... (I've seen lots of "balooned" laptops, including many Macs)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be moni... by tristor on Friday February 23, 2024 @01:37PM (#39484444)
Not to be snarky, but UPS fires are one of the leading causes of datacenter fires: https://duckduckgo.com/?hps=1&q=UPS+Fire+datacenter&ia=web
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be moni... by bongodongobob on Friday February 23, 2024 @01:42PM (#39484511)
Right and data center fires are extremely rare. Think of how many UPSs are in the wild. The failure by fire rate is probably something like 0.000001%.
[ Parent | on HN ]