Staying Powered Up When the Power Goes Down

Posted by on 09/07 at 01:06 PM Discuss in Forums • Permalink
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Electricity is one of those things that we take for granted. We plug into a socket and expect power to flow. But sometimes circumstances beyond our control choke off that supply of power.

Maybe lightning strikes, literally. Maybe a wind storm takes out some power lines. It could be a blazingly hot day, and one too many people cranks the A/C up to 11. Or maybe there’s a flood or fire in an underground vault, taking out a bunch of circuits. The result: no power.

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    Posted by Ronald T Shaw  on  09/08  at  01:40 PM

  1. is the Standby UPS actually fast enough to stop your sytem from shuttingdown on an abrupt power loss, glitch or brown out?

    thank you

    2. Posted by DanDaMan  on  09/11  at  03:46 PM

  2. This article gives a non-technical person a good basic understanding of a UPS, which is what it was written for. But I would like to add that anyone who owns a PC and uses it daily, it would be highly recommended that they purchase a UPS with AVR. Why AVR - I had an instance that various components in my PC would go bad on a weekly basis and I could not figure out why as I had my PC connected to a UPS that did not have AVR. Turns out that the electrical wireing in the apartment I was living in was bad, and when ever the owner turned on their washing machine, the voltage would drop from 125 vac to about 92V ac, and the UPS would not take over until the voltage drops below 90v, so my PC would take the various voltage surge. After replacing the standard UPS with a UPS with AVR, my PC problems stopped.

    3. Posted by Tim Bevill  on  09/12  at  05:12 AM

  3. Scott, I agree that having a UPS,even for home users,is a good idea. I’ve had one for years now, and if nothing else, feel better about the quality of power I’m getting to my equipment.

    As a follow-up though, could you suggest some resources and things to do with old UPS units when they become obsolete or quite working? I’ve got an old one now that quit working, and it’s just sitting in my closet because I’m not quite sure the best thing to do with it for disposal. I know that manufacturers like APC offer trade-in allowances, but if you purchase locally, that’s not normally an option.

    Thanks,
    Tim

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