Ours of more modern and not as dramatic. Early 2000s. UPS caught fire at the 
beginning of summer. We spent all summer without a UPS and frequent visits by 
electricians installing new equipment. For a while, it seems like all they had 
to do was open a panel and power would drop to the server room.

Thing is, we had a z800 at the time. There was an extra switch that needed to 
be turned back on, then we just POR'd and IPL'd. Downtime usually under half an 
hour for the mainframe. I think after several incidents, IBM did replace one or 
more power supplies.

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