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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 17 hours ago (1 child)

I'm fortunate enough to live in a region with an extremely stable powergrid.

But it makes a loud clack when switching to battery power which I witnessed once over the last three years. Presumably just some power fluctuations that exceeded a certain threshold (since power worked fine afterwards and it immediately went back to being powered by mains) but that could already be enough to shut down my server.

Either way, I like to believe it has saved my data once and the purchase was worth it.

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