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Hi John,
I also have had the opportunity to use a couple of Powerware units, and they 
have been very dependable.    The first unit, installed on a Nikon PCM2000 
confocal solved many mysterious software gliches.  Zeiss included another 
brand UPS unit in their quote for our 510 Meta that was very expensive. 
They claimed it was the only unit that could do the job.  As an alternative, 
I went to Powerware where the folks there were very helpful, understood what 
was required and provided exactly the configuration I needed.  There have 
been no problems (with the power at least) since it was installed  almost 
two years ago.
Cheers,
Carl

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
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FAX 520-621-3709
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From: "J.P. Shields" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: Line conditioners


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> Hi,
> I am having problems with fluctuating voltage since our physical plant
> replaced the perfectly good transformer outside the building with a "new"
> version (my wife works at a transformer plant, so I know they don't go bad
> unless something catastrophic occurs). Since then I've had some pretty 
> good
> spikes, surges, etc.. and most are correlated with increase/decrease of
> student presence on campus.  Our campus electrical experts and confocal
> service engineer are better at pointing fingers than providing solutions.
> I feel better now.  On to the important stuff.
>
> I was hoping for some feedback on good line conditioners that would be
> appropriate for a variety of imaging equipment.  I realize that several
> different configurations might be needed.  We have a confocal and two SEMs
> affected.  I suspect our eventual, new confocal will experience similar
> difficulties.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> John Shields
> EM Lab
> University of Georgia
> Athens, GA 30602
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