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Do you have a UPS? If you do, how many times has it saved your equipment? What was the scenario? (en.wikipedia.org)
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My BX750MI-GR has saved my precious data on two occasions. Earlier this year, my seven year old, well used waffle iron shorted, popping loudly and sparking quite brightly in the process, probably because of all the gunk that had accumulated inside its less cleanable interior over the years. That not only made my breaker trip, but also blew the 16 amp main fuse. The UPS kicked in immediately, making a klick and a beep, which felt amazing. That was my first time ever.

As for the second time, see this post.
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[–] 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I have two APC550s that are powering my computers only and not the displays or peripherals.

Voltage spikes and brownouts are a constant thing where I live, the variation is enough to play holy hell with the modem and wifi so to save my sanity, every electronic device is attached to something that backs up or cleans up the power.

For the laptops, I have them attached to straight power conditioners (isotel 4s) so at least the adapter blocks won't get messed up.

Given my main computer is a 2008 MacPro, running an unsupported modern macOS install and the thing's been running constantly for at least a year now (it's asleep ATM) I'm not complaining. Same for my gaming PC..

The hardware I have owes me nothing.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Mad respect to you for respecting your hardware.

    powering my computers only and not the displays or peripherals.

    Same here. :)

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