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.
Where I live there’s constant brownouts and mini blackouts. Lights flickering, power going down for 0.5 seconds just long enough to cause a shutdown. It’s saved me from innumerable amounts of data loss and corruption. I was always terrified to move files or perform long disk operations, because of this. But now I have confidence that my computer won’t randomly fuck up. I even leave long running ffmpeg and other processing tasks overnight! It’s wonderful
Is that because of an ill maintained power grid/distribution system or something more local, such as your house/building itself? Or perhaps the power source (water, wind)? Good to hear you have a UPS then! 😊
Definitely power grid issues. The infrastructure around where I live is ancient and falling apart. Sometimes teenagers kick the cable boxes or throw bricks at the street wiring too 😂
LMAO well, we all have our ways 😂