Rolling Blackouts again. And again and again. 

Yes, as Eskom has less and less control over its generators and transmission equipment,  blackouts are repeating themselves, over and over, again and again.

And the sudden power loss to computers and ADSL modems is beginning to cause problems. I've had a few cases of computer data corruption and scrambled ADSL router settings. Fortunately, these were repairable, it just cost for the time to recover..

However, these clients were just lucky, it could have meant the replacement of the devices. Is it worth the cost and hassle of having to replace computers and trying to recover the data of the old one? OK I know that YOU take frequent backups, or do you?

I'm urging you to install a small UPS, one which would have sufficient autonomy to initiate an ordered shutdown of your systems and is also capable of an ordered restart once power is restored.

 It will also protect you against the inevitable spikes and surges that take place during the initiation of blackout, and, the re-connection of power.

The important bit isn't the UPS per se, it's the software that comes with it, software which will ensure ordered shutdown and restart.

To this end BCC supplies the APC range of UPS which uses the APC PowerChute management software.

Don't only think computers.  What about that large screen TV, the PVR and the music centre? 

Please feel free to contact me at rob@bcc.co.za and we can discuss your requirements.