I'm glad the boys and girls in blue overalls have been working real hard to fix the problem in Westlands. No power since 8AM and they finished at 10PM.

I have a problem with them though.

On return, i waited a while for power to stabilize, powered my UPS's on and then powered machine on, HD's and 20 mins down the line.. UPS's go taking my Externals with them.

I've lost just about everything i've collected. Including most of my design and photo work. I do have backups. BUT NOT THE POINT!

How can a spike take out everything.. EVERYTHING! even though there's a surge protector on Both the UPS's i'm using?

BTW> UPS's are set up in parallel to enjoy maximum efficiency and load coverage when power goes out.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  and i can't even sue them for this... Can i? all drives and equipment are insured.

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...and I shall shed my light over dark evil.
For the dark things cannot stand the light.