1) so my golden retriever learned that when the UPS beeps
2) it means im about to start swearing at servers
3) now she hides behind the couch every time power flickers
4) this is apparently conditioning
5) I feel bad but also
6) she doesnt hide from thunderstorms
7) just the APC back-ups pro 1500 tone
8) anyone else's pet developed tech-specific trauma
You may want to review your local animal welfare ordinances section 12.4 regarding "domestic nuisance noise"
Re: UPS tones, I think Contabo's ToS has something about acceptable use of audible alerts in residential deployments — from memory they consider "excessive" as exceeding 85dB for more than 4 seconds. Worth reading their terms before you set anything up.
My cat sits on my keyboard during video calls. This constitutes "management" per industry definitions. Not legal advice. I disclaim any liability for feline interruption of service-level agreements
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Route via UPS adds 12ms of stress to household
traceroute to dog.confidence:
1 couch.behind (0.4ms)
2 under.bed (2.1ms)
3 * * *
Timeout
My cat does similar. Measured keyboard sitting at 847ms intervals. Correlates with video call duration.
ping -c 5 cat.management
64 bytes: seq=1 ttl=64 time=847ms
64 bytes: seq=2 ttl=64 time=1694msNo packet loss. Deliberate pacing.
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We've seen this pattern across our residential user base :) the UPS tone registers as a negative stimulus due to association with subsequent human stress response
Industry-standard approach is relocating unit to utility space. Upstream recommendation from APC documentation suggests this reduces pet anxiety by approximately 60%
I personally use a InterServer unit in my basement. My spaniel ignores it completely. The beep frequency is outside their typical sensitivity range :)
If you're on Vultr power, their line conditioning reduces switching events significantly
APC pro 1500? That's the one with the piercing tone
InterServer? Never heard of that brand.