I have a unique project I need to complete. Around this time of year the power grid around where I live get's hammered from there being to many people on the grid and secondly from all the A/C units coming on at once it gets overloaded quick. So this usually results in 3 - 4 power outages a week. There usually not long, more of an on - off thing. For example today, power went out, you hear a transformer on a pole blow and then the secondary transformer kicks in and power is restored. Exploding transformers are a common sound around here.
Any ways I have a few servers that I need to have as little down time as possible. Now I know a UPS would be the right thing to do but at the moment I don't have the money for a large enough one so I need to make due with what I can make. I need something that will switch when the power goes off and then when power is restored wait 5 min and restore power to the servers booting them back up OR turning them back on via the power switch pins on the motherboard.
The reason I need it to wait 5 min or so is because around here we also get times where the power will go on-off-on-off-on-off-brown out-off-on within 30 seconds and will kill or damage any sort of computer you have. (already gone though 4 modems).
I've had a few ideas but none we're to complete maybe someone here has a few.
Any ways I have a few servers that I need to have as little down time as possible. Now I know a UPS would be the right thing to do but at the moment I don't have the money for a large enough one so I need to make due with what I can make. I need something that will switch when the power goes off and then when power is restored wait 5 min and restore power to the servers booting them back up OR turning them back on via the power switch pins on the motherboard.
The reason I need it to wait 5 min or so is because around here we also get times where the power will go on-off-on-off-on-off-brown out-off-on within 30 seconds and will kill or damage any sort of computer you have. (already gone though 4 modems).
I've had a few ideas but none we're to complete maybe someone here has a few.