I have to rave! We purchased 100 APC battery backups as each spring we have been installing more and more each year, the majority (97) were sold through email or calls received via SoWal from years past posts re: the importance of battery back ups.
Thanks again SoWal (IOU
)!
What is a battery backup = UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply?
A computer battery backup is a type of standby uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with a built-in surge suppressor, most often used for protecting desktop computers. More than 99 percent of the time, the battery backup is switched to a mode whereby the current is flowing through a surge suppressor and a filter en route to the destination computer. When the primary source of the current fails, a transfer switch automatically changes the primary source so that the battery supplies power through an inverter. Standby computer battery backup products are highly efficient and priced to be the best value for personal computers. Without such a means of protection from power interruptions, devastating damage can happen to stored information and computer equipment. Some battery backup products have built-in filter and surge circuitry, which means they monitor the line and filter out spikes and surges. Also known as impulsive transients, spikes and surges can delete or corrupt data and physically damage equipment. Lightning causes the most severe variety of power surges, either through direct strikes or by striking adjacent conductive structures. Although budget-priced battery backups are no substitute for a line conditioner, they do help to mitigate problems associated with voltage fluctuations, especially sags or under voltage (also known as brownouts). A UPS that uses its inverter to adjust under voltage without accessing the power supply will extend the life of its batteries. In order to protect against power problems such as swell (overvoltage), waveform distortion and frequency variations, a line conditioner is indicated, not a battery backup.
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Thanks again SoWal (IOU
)!What is a battery backup = UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply?
A computer battery backup is a type of standby uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with a built-in surge suppressor, most often used for protecting desktop computers. More than 99 percent of the time, the battery backup is switched to a mode whereby the current is flowing through a surge suppressor and a filter en route to the destination computer. When the primary source of the current fails, a transfer switch automatically changes the primary source so that the battery supplies power through an inverter. Standby computer battery backup products are highly efficient and priced to be the best value for personal computers. Without such a means of protection from power interruptions, devastating damage can happen to stored information and computer equipment. Some battery backup products have built-in filter and surge circuitry, which means they monitor the line and filter out spikes and surges. Also known as impulsive transients, spikes and surges can delete or corrupt data and physically damage equipment. Lightning causes the most severe variety of power surges, either through direct strikes or by striking adjacent conductive structures. Although budget-priced battery backups are no substitute for a line conditioner, they do help to mitigate problems associated with voltage fluctuations, especially sags or under voltage (also known as brownouts). A UPS that uses its inverter to adjust under voltage without accessing the power supply will extend the life of its batteries. In order to protect against power problems such as swell (overvoltage), waveform distortion and frequency variations, a line conditioner is indicated, not a battery backup.
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