Power cuts

newgamer91 · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:30

Don't you just love it when your on your pc and then all of a sudden the power goes. Currently in a power cut and got to say I'm bored lol but havn't been in a power cut in ages, looks like its a wide area power cut as well.

Philtor · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:33

Sorry. Was trying out my new PSU

RMA time...

2StepSteve · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:34

This is why every home needs a generator.

SuperTronNarwhal · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:36

I havent had power cut in while but i absolutely hate them, mainly as for one they make me crap my self but 2 if mid game just make save boom Corrupt. Thats only happened once.

Philtor · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:42

This is how I power my rig

'The tidal power is so substantial that in the early stages it actually damaged some of the blades'.

Must have been my Overclock.

newgamer91 · 28 Jan 2012 at 02:54

philtorrens said:
Sorry. Was trying out my new PSU RMA time...

This made me laugh

newgamer91 · 28 Jan 2012 at 03:00

But now thinking of getting a UPS so my rig won't get damaged during a sudden power cut. What you think guys? Do you use one or have any make/model to go for as Ive never looked in to them.

Philtor · 28 Jan 2012 at 03:05

For small price I hook you up to Strangford Lough generator

If you have a decent PSU then it will protect against such things as sudden power failure and shorts. UPS systems are mainly for mission critical servers and so on.

newgamer91 · 28 Jan 2012 at 03:15

You would need a long cable to hook me up to it

I have a OCZ 700w silent is this considered decent? Will have to search when I wake back up to see if it has protection for it, that's if my power is back on by then.

Jurax · 28 Jan 2012 at 03:34

Every guy needs a slew of generators powered by the sheer force of hungry hamsters

AHarvey · 28 Jan 2012 at 04:58

or light a candle and read a book?

chaparral · 28 Jan 2012 at 06:26

philtorrens said:
This is how I power my rig

SeaGen generates 1.2 megawatts, enough power for around 1500 homes.

Them things seem to be a load of rubbish as you need 100+ of them to power just one city..

LordSplodge · 28 Jan 2012 at 09:59

First world problems, y0!

neil_g · 28 Jan 2012 at 10:37

I run a refurb smartups 1500 that has my nas and desktop running from it as the power around here is pretty flakey (the thought of all those hard drives killing themselves gives me nightmares). The nas connects to the ups via USB and auto shutdowns at a low battery level and I shutdown the pc as and when or it gets a command from the nas via winnut.

LeeUK · 28 Jan 2012 at 10:41

Last time I had a power cut it lasted 24 hours. It wasn't just your usual power cut though. As it turned out to be some cable under the road in the back street had blown cutting the power to about half a dozen houses. contractors had to dig up the road and were working until midnight the following night to restore power.

Amp34 · 28 Jan 2012 at 10:44

This is why everyone needs a laptop as well as a desktop...

Tether laptop to phone and carry on browsing like normal...

neil_g · 28 Jan 2012 at 10:46

Amp34 said:
This is why everyone needs a laptop as well as a desktop...

Tether laptop to phone and carry on browsing like normal...

Didnt mention my network and router runs from the ups too, turn everything else off and they'll last for hours. No unsightly data bills

bitslice · 28 Jan 2012 at 10:46

3G iPad

...and a petrol generator to run the boiler.