Running your home network off of a UPS may seem like overkill, but if you're planning to get into home automation, it's an investment that I've found to be really useful. I meant to write this blog post in December 2021 when I first set this up, but I just| James Ridgway
Last year I bought an Eaton 5SC 1000i UPS to provide my home office with backup power [https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/home-office-upgrade-adding-a-ups/] in the event of a short term power cut. The UPS will provide power to my desktop, HP ProLiant G7 MicroServer and a number of networking devices.| James Ridgway
Since March 2015, I've used a ThinkPad T450s as my personal laptop, and I'm both amazed and pleased that I've managed to get 7 (nearly 8) years out of it! Recently though, I've found the smaller 14-inch 1600x900 resolution screen a bit limiting, and the CPU performance could be better| James Ridgway
I've recently upgraded my home office setup to include a UPS. Some people might think this is overkill for a home office, but as its the room responsible for a large portion of the home network, being able to survive a short-term loss of power saves me having to turn| James Ridgway
This week the Raspberry Pi that I have been running Home Assistant on for the last two and a half years died! However, I've successfully managed to migrate my Home Assistant setup from my Raspberry Pi to a small NUC computer without having to rebuild my entire Home Assistant setup.| James Ridgway
