WWTBAM Bored

There was a link to this story on the page:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 216051.ece

If there's one machine or set of machines that needs back-up power generation, its life-support stuff. I always wonder when I read something like this (the link doesn't work as far as I can see, but just the board header is enough) how depressed the victim was. And if they weren't, not having power backup is an incredible shame.

ghostjmf wrote:If there's one machine or set of machines that needs back-up power generation, its life-support stuff. I always wonder when I read something like this (the link doesn't work as far as I can see, but just the board header is enough) how depressed the victim was. And if they weren't, not having power backup is an incredible shame.

There was backup, but from what I've read, family members couldn't get it working in time. Seems like something that should have automatically kicked in. Maybe that's what didn't work.

In my industry, you are not only expected to have backup power, you must test it periodically to make sure it works. And, of course, the test must be documented. I think hospitals have the same requirements.