Power outage

[Genius Gone Insane]

So I recorded my first band (other than my own) 2 nights ago and we're in the middle of a guitar take when ZAPPPP the power goes out. My monitors popped pretty loudly. Is there anything you can do to protect against that?

By the way it came out pretty poorly but I'll post if I can clean it up.

 

[egan.]

An APC or similar battery backup with suffiencient wattage for your gear should provide decent protection as well as enough time to save and shutdown if you lose power.

 

[Ermz]

Yeah, we've got backup power down at the studio that lasts a few hours, giving enough time to save all the work and shut down the gear safely. They're pretty costly from what I hear, though.

 

[JeffTD]

You can get a decent one at Target for not too much (150 IIRC), that'll keep you running for 13 minutes. For me, that'd be long enough to save all my stuff and safely shut down.

 

[Enmity]

We sell those APC's quite a bit for servers. As a bit of a recommendation, don't get the cheap ones. You get what you pay for. Make sure everything works properly and make sure to test the APC maybe every other week just to be sure. Some of them are huge and can last for a while, but pretty much if they last for 3-5 minutes you should be good... Just enough time to save your work and shutdown your gear.