Practicing Caution: Why We Purchased a Commercial Grade Surge Protector

When Shane posed the idea last year to not only invest in a top quality surge protector, but invest in the same brand that large commercial organizations and healthcare facilities invest in, I thought it may be a bit much. After agreeing to be safe rather than sorry we bought the BACK-UPS RS 1500 by APC


It has already saved us twice. The first time was in a small way when while editing one afternoon we lost power in our area of the city. When this happens, the protector has a back up battery supply that will begin sounding an alarm to let me know there is no power and will supply power to everything plugged into it for about 10 mins so I can safely shut everything down (more if you don't have so many things running off it like I do).

The second time it saved me was yesterday when there was a city-wide power surge and I was in the middle of editing a wedding. I heard the loud bang, our lights popped and after getting over my initial panic, I realized my computer and hard-drives hadn't even noticed.

I am so thankful that we bought this system and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to make sure their computer, hard-drives and information is safe from power outages and surges. There are many different models and protection levels to fit your specific needs.