Holy moley, an exploding UPS! Glad you were able to deal with the situation without a house fire breaking out.

I'm starting to really wonder about quality control in these devices. I've had one for the RV start failing a few years, in. The replacement looked and was more expensive, but a couple years in, started shorting out and shutting down any power post it was plugged in to. Tech repaired the bad connection inside, and it happened again, no doubt another connection is bad. It had become safer to 'go bare', at least at a trusted park. Not sure I care to waste another $130 on such questionable devices.

When I got the house, scooped up a couple new power strips, and one began sparking whenever used. Sheesh. I think maybe these devices should be enclosed in clear plastic so you can SEE what's going on in there before melting down a receptacle.

Meanwhile, fitting out the new bed has turned into a tar baby with chain-reaction problems and delays.   Got the lumber, got a little chop saw, got home, saw "blade not included". Another 'gotcha'.

'S okay, started assembling the workbench I bought, because I had been intending to find or build one, and there was a nice one for sale. Well, unpacked its 100 pound flat-pack self and hauled it inside one piece at a time. To discover it is actually a kit where you even build the drawers. It has miserable instructions, 30 parts and 85 fasteners, comes out and says it is designed to be assembled by two people, and the order of assembly requires doing most work upside down and then flipping its weight once big and heavy. Really? Put that crap on the box so the hapless solo can avoid buying it.   So, I'll adjust the order of assembly, and prop things up on this or that to get things together.