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<blockquote data-quote="kristianjohnsen" data-source="post: 43179" data-attributes="member: 441">Re: I think I&#039;m digital desk cursed...How about a UPS for the UPS? 8)~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="8-)" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; 8-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname="8-)" />~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />No seriously, I don&#039;t own a UPS and have only ever had one gig where it would have saved some boot-up time, but it wouldn&#039;t have stopped the interruption unless I had an impossibly large UPS running the entire PA.&nbsp; In fact, I don&#039;t know of a single local or regional company that owns one here.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure they have one at FOH for the Nobel show and the Eurovision, but apart from that we just don&#039;t see them here.&nbsp; One thing that helps us at the bar-gig level here is the shuko connector which is a lot less prone to being &quot;tripped out&quot; by someone getting caught on a power cable.Most newer venues (even places like hotel lounges or school gyms) here have a 230v 63 amp outlet on stage or even a 380v 63amp.&nbsp; Older places usually have at least two or three 230v 16a outlets, and wall power is usually stable and predictable.&nbsp; Generators are mostly used only at mega festivals etc as the hired production is always given access to wall power at the smaller local venues like hotels, schools, clubs, music halls, churces and community centers, etc.&nbsp; In public spaces like town squares, etc one can request that the city provide a temporary mobile outlet box that is connected to the closest cental connection point.&nbsp; One 230v 32 amp + one 230v 16 amp seems to be the norm for those.We have some seriously crust old community halls where the power is like a couple of 230v 10 amp outlets, sometimes with no ground.&nbsp; Those royally suck.&nbsp; I don&#039;t exactly drag my PM1D to the type of gigs that are usually hosted in those places...Either we&#039;re gamblers or we&#039;re just lucky enough to have the power stuff pretty well sorted <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />~:-o~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kristianjohnsen, post: 43179, member: 441"] Re: I think I'm digital desk cursed... How about a UPS for the UPS? 8)~8-)~:cool: No seriously, I don't own a UPS and have only ever had one gig where it would have saved some boot-up time, but it wouldn't have stopped the interruption unless I had an impossibly large UPS running the entire PA. In fact, I don't know of a single local or regional company that owns one here. I'm sure they have one at FOH for the Nobel show and the Eurovision, but apart from that we just don't see them here. One thing that helps us at the bar-gig level here is the shuko connector which is a lot less prone to being "tripped out" by someone getting caught on a power cable. Most newer venues (even places like hotel lounges or school gyms) here have a 230v 63 amp outlet on stage or even a 380v 63amp. Older places usually have at least two or three 230v 16a outlets, and wall power is usually stable and predictable. Generators are mostly used only at mega festivals etc as the hired production is always given access to wall power at the smaller local venues like hotels, schools, clubs, music halls, churces and community centers, etc. In public spaces like town squares, etc one can request that the city provide a temporary mobile outlet box that is connected to the closest cental connection point. One 230v 32 amp + one 230v 16 amp seems to be the norm for those. We have some seriously crust old community halls where the power is like a couple of 230v 10 amp outlets, sometimes with no ground. Those royally suck. I don't exactly drag my PM1D to the type of gigs that are usually hosted in those places... Either we're gamblers or we're just lucky enough to have the power stuff pretty well sorted :o~:-o~:eek:. [/QUOTE]

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