The end of Age of Valor

Well last night was the official date to shut down my Ultima Online game server for good.  It has been running for over 5 years, a lot of work has gone towards it, and there was a lot of work left, and it got to a point where I had to decide if it was worth all this effort for the few players that played.  It took me months to decide and the decision was made to shut it down last night.  Plenty of notice given to players.

The plug has been pulled. It's been a great 5+ years, but all good things must come to an end.



With all the spare time I will now have, it's time to start thinking of another project I could dedicate my time to.  Maybe something that I can monetize, this time. 


In completely unrelated news, I also upgraded my UPS. 



That is a Tripp Lite APS750 inverter-charger.  it is basically a UPS without batteries: You supply your own, bigger, better batteries!

So I went with 2 100AH deep cycle marine batteries.  The best bang for the buck.  I could go higher end and use absorbed glass mat cells, or a string of 2 volt telco grade cells, but that would cost quite a lot, this was a compromise between decent quality, and price.  If they last me 5 years I've got my money's worth.  Since this system is standby only, I'm sure they will last quite a long time. 

Hydrogen production has been taken into account. Given the size of the room it's in, and the fact that they only charge after a power outage or when discharging naturally, there wont be much hydrogen produced.  I will still look into a hydrogen sensor to be on the safe side though.


Upon testing I can run 300w of equipment for about 4-5 hours on this setup.  I have not switched my production gear to it yet but I will shortly.  I still need to look into a method of monitoring the voltage so the systems can be shut down properly when nearly discharged.