(likely dumb) laptop computer question
 

So if I have a laptop computer turned on and plugged in (ie. not running on the battery) and the power goes out will it stay on and just switch to battery without turning off, and will it stay on again when the power comes back on?

Just checking on setting something for the holidays to check on my tank with my aquatronica while I'm away :biggrin:

yes, it will automaically run on battery.
NOW, depending on how your power management settings are, as to how long it will run on battery before it goes into hibernate mode

I think I have hibernate mode turned off. At least I hope I do :razz:

just unplug the laptop for a while to test. :)

were you to scared to just un plug it while you were usinbg it to see what would happen? :mrgreen:

Steve

Don't worry Christy, there was 5 of us engineers sitting in the office on the boat BSing. I was on the internet and there was anouncement that the electritions were going to be flicking power on and off to find a short. 3 of the guys in the office jump up and start shutting off the laptops and telling us to save our work...

Boy did I have fun for the next 3 days after seeing that LOL

Steve

Haha, no I'm not scared. My brother gave me an old laptop and I thought I'd set it up for my aquatronica instead of using my desktop computer just in case the crapola hit the fan here weatherwise. I'm off to my parents place for a few days and nobody is watching the tank while I'm gone. Its just a "in case" measure to check up on things. Since I'm only an hour away I can race back home if needed. However my desktop doesn't power back on after a power outage so I could race back here only to find the power was out for like 5 minutes or something :razz:

desktop is probably better
 

You can acutally just setup the desktop to turn back on when the power comes back on (BIOS setting - hit delete when starting up). However usually laptop's can't be setup to power on. So if the power goes out longer than the battery can last, you're in trouble. I'd test the battery life on the laptop, if it is a few years old you might only get 10 minutes or so.

Of course, it would always be nice to be able to text message a cell phone in case of power outage, my computer with a UPS sends an sms message to me if my house power goes out :)

Perfect, I'll just do that then, so much easier as the laptop is kind of crusty and I don't think it even makes it through a movie on the battery. Thanks! :biggrin:

What kind of engineer are you??

Not an electrical one LOL

hey hey , it wasn't me thinking that, I was laughin my ass off at them. I have been on my laptop when the powers gone out :mrgreen:

Steve

I am a Marine Engineering Technician. but the navy's version so its hard to describe. as a general comparison I can walk into a class 3 power engineer ticket and challenge my 2nd class. or if I say with Marine I can just walk into a class 2 job, but I don't want to stay marine after I retire.

Steve

It's OK, Im an electrician. I laughed my head off too :D