Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1275 comp.sys.att:4042 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!bigtex!mybest!juniper!gbh From: gbh@juniper.uucp (Geoffrey B Hoese) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Bouncey-Bouncey Summary: Summer brownouts, low voltage Message-ID: <3871@juniper.uucp> Date: 21 Aug 88 01:29:00 GMT References: <593@proxftl.UUCP> <181@limbic.UUCP> Reply-To: gbh@juniper.UUCP (Geoffrey B Hoese) Organization: Austin Unix Users Group Lines: 15 >My 3b1's monitor (you know, that ugly GreenScreen...) has a sore case of the >bounceys. Sometimes it will decide to sort of vibrate up and down. I just moved into a new house, and now my screen has the bouncies too. But, it seems to only be happening in the afternoon - I put a voltmeter on the AC, and it seems low - i caught it down around 103 at the lowest, with moderate screen bouncing. I imagine the voltage is jumping up and down around there, with all the air conditioners running this time of year. The best cure for this would be a UPS, but as I can't really afford one right now, so i'm looking out for a good deal on a constant voltage transformer. Mind you, a surge protector won't help as this is the opposite problem - drops in voltage rather than rises. Something else to watch for, anyway.