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Tagged with ups surge-protection
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How bad are minor power fluctuations for computers?
Whenever a large appliance or power-tool is turned on where I live, such as a refrigerator, vacuum, chainsaw or similar, light-bulbs will often dim down for a fraction of a second before returning ...
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How comes all three protection levels (electric board, UPS and AC block) get passed through?
So, there is that house in France with three phase electrical power. I don't know if this is relevant. And I can't tell the whole installation was set properly. But the grounding is recent and strong.
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Computer plugged into UPS plugged into surge protector plugged into ungrounded outlet
I was reading that a surger protector won't work if it is plugged into an ungrounded outlet. The reason why this wouldn't work is that the electricity has nowhere to go, from what I've read.
What if ...
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How does ethernet, coax, and telephone surge protection work?
So I'm planning on buying a UPS and I see that they have ports for protection of ethernet, coax, and telephone lines. I've read answers on these three questions, but none of them address this question....
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Power surge protection levels, spec of protective hardware
For some reason I experienced an extremely brief power cut (half a second or so) and it corrupted my desktop PC's BIOS (ROM?) which had to be restored and reconfigured.
This is despite using a surge ...
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What about placing a voltage regulator behind an UPS with modified sine output, to protect an active pfc psu?
I moved to an area/building where there are quite some problems with the wall-power supply.
Primaraly I would like to protect my computers, secondary I would like have some affordable UPS for some of ...
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Concerning repeated power outages and blackouts, what power protection device should be used for PC's and laptops?
We encounter numerous blackouts here where I live. I've heard of UPS's and other devices such as surge suppressors, etc...
My question is, aside from the integrated battery (which is said to provide ...
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UPS for hard drive protection
I am in a place where electricity is not ideal (old house, no ground), sometimes it occasionally shuts down and supposedly there are some spikes.
I consider using UPS with the goal to increase ...
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Surge Protectors - Wall Outlet Plug vs. Stationary Surge Protector
While the former will cost 3 times less:
The latter will cost more:
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Are both almost the same or the latter is better (which i suppose is judging by price)?
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Using Laptop Battery And Surge Protector Instead Of UPS? [closed]
I was thinking of using battery and surge protector instead of UPS. With UPS you have to:
Do checkups
Ship for battery replacements
i.e it is a hassle. With laptop battery you have nothing to worry ...
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Is there a way to tell the laptop battery when to stop charging?
I don't want my laptop's battery to always be at 100% because it lessens battery life, especially when above 25 Celcius, the lowest summer temperature in Israel (currently 30C - 32C). I prefer to keep ...
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What to look for in a good UPS?
I just asked this question where my PC may have been fried due to a power surge.
Now I'm browsing around and I'm curious what characteristics make a quality UPS? What should I be looking at? Should I ...
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