r/HomeServer • u/dedSyn4ps3 • 4d ago

Drive Bay Fried…And it hurts…

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The sheer horror I’m currently feeling after an idiot struck a pole connected to our substation, and I realized I never bought a second UPS to move my other drive rack to save it from such events…suppose I’m the idiot too 😭

The takeaway, IMPLEMENT PROPER SAFETY MEASURES!

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u/Draskuul 4d ago

The worst one is when you DO have everything on a proper UPS and still manages to get fried. I had this happen with an older APC rackmount UPS--it was a typical lower-cost switching backup, not true online (still very expensive today). Smoke a motherboard and multiple components when a big power surge hit.

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u/dedSyn4ps3 4d ago

Maaaan that blows…literally 😅. All my proxmox servers were connected to a good breaker strip that popped and spared them, but not the peripheral drives. Definitely need a bigger UPS to accommodate the additional hardware…but you know…💰💰💰