How Often Does Your Power Go Out? »
The power just went out for the second time in recent memory. It actually stayed out for a few minutes, which is unusual. In fact, I really thought that it would be gone for a while, so I had just shut down the computer. It didn't quite get through the whole power-down cycle before the power came back up.
Before you wonder how I was doing all this with the power out, I have a UPS, so I normally just ride it out. In this case, it didn't seem like I'd be able to do so, so I shut everything down and was getting ready to do something else. Then the power came back on. As mentioned, this is the second time in recently that the power has gone out for more than a second or two. The last time it was out for hours.
We live in a fairly populous area - I wouldn't think that power outages would be much of a problem. In fact, before these last couple of months, the last time we lost power was during an ice storm, and the power actually came back on faster. I would chalk the last time up to a problem with a wreck or something. But another time, so quickly? That's just odd.
I'm really beginning to wonder if the system is taxed. I don't really want to spend the money on a backup power generator, because if I do, I'm going to want one of the massive variety that you don't notice kicking in, not the little hand-powered sort that you use in an emergency. But then, I'm probably just paranoid.
What do you think? Do you have power issues? What do you think about backup power?
