Be careful where you locate your power strip.
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I was drawing a few min ago, steaming along when all of the sudden my entire system went black; music off, screen blank, power was gone. First reaction was panic, second was that maybe the house power went out. However the other computer to the left of me was just fine. Seems I was playing footsie with the power strip and flipped the switch
At least I had saved not less than 30 seconds prior.
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Thats happened to me too, once! I have since moved the strip.
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funny thing(when u loose just few seconds of work):D
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Yea, it is behind the desk now. And yes ely, it is funny now but would not have been if I had not saved for 30 min or so.
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This is probably a good time to recommend a UPS. For around 100 bucks you can get a UPS that will keep most machines going for 5-15 minutes, perhaps even more. A couple of hundred will get you perhaps half an hour - of course it depends a lot on the exact machine you are using. As a bonus a typical UPS makes a very good filter.
I have an APC Back-UPS 1500 for my iMac and phone and a Belkin 550VA unit for my minimac, timecapsule and DSL modem. Worth every cent. Living out in the wilds we frequently get short outages during the winter as snow pulls on wiring. Those of you in cities are more likely to get problems in summer due to A/C use.
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