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Originally Posted by huub  Our chief vision engineer isn't very pro-UPS... His take is: our power supplies are very reliable (often twinpack generators) and UPS's are just an extra risk factor, since the chance that a UPS battery is unreliable is bigger than the chance of a generator failing. |
That is an absolute load of horsesh*t. UPS's are very reliable. Maybe if we're talking the cheapest crap brand there could be a concern but not with good brands. I'm an IT Technician and have been working at 2 law firms for the past 10 years and both companies had the switches and servers hooked up to pro APC backups. I'm now using an APC UPS at home cause I cheaped out originally and went with a Belkin - big mistake... the damn thing didn't keep my stuff on when my house suffered power loss on two occasions. Luckily I wasn't in the middle of writing music then. However I also have Cubase set to backup the song in progress every 10 minutes.
Since I've got the APC UPS I've tested it a few times by pulling the plug while my stuff was on and it stayed 100% perfect, nothing dropped out at all. Couldn't say the same for the Belkin garbage.
So if you have a good brand it's always better to have than not.
@777Artin - Only the most important stuff to allow you to save your work since most UPS' only have a few outlets that are powered on the battery. I have a dual monitor setup but I only have the DAW, the main monitor, and my mixer on the UPS. The mixer isn't necessary but I have it on there for a reason that is too long to explain here.
*EDIT - BTW, just noticed this is posted under the remote/location recording section and I hadn't noticed - just saw the thread title under the forum listing and clicked. So my response is in reference to studio based recording. Not sure about UPS' importance in remote location recording. My bad.
Rev.