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The Bob Cesca Interview: Jacki Schechner, Part IV

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calochortus10/25/2019 7:35:43 pm PDT

re: #35 goddamnedfrank

They make plug in monitors that will send out a wifi alert if the socket they’re plugged into goes dead. However they obviously depend on the wifi network they connect to having a battery backup UPS.

I get an alert through the Ecotech Reeflink whenever the main power to the aquarium fails or the return pump gets deliberately switched off. However in an outage that notification depends on having backup AC UPS systems for the Reeflink and the cable modem / wifi router on top of the separate 12 volt DC battery backup for the return pump and powerheads.

Thanks. We will be able to tell once the power is out (among other things, Comcast apparently is in the outage area and lacks backup, so if daughter and son-in-law can’t remotely access some stuff on their cell phones, we’ll know the power is out.

The problem is that I don’t want to get a call from them at midnight saying I should drive over there and set up the generator. The chances are very good that I’ll just go over and spend the night, so I’m there whenever it happens.