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Power surges can have a very bad effect on your electronic equipment, and a crashing effect on your business. It causes data loss, hardware damage and downtime when it occurs. This often happens, on a bigger scale than what we are aware of. IBM's research showed that a normal PC can have 128 power problems each month. All this can be prevented by using a UPS surge protector (interruptible power supply), protecting you from power surges occurring more frequently than you would like.
What are the causes?
Any interruption or boost in the flow of electricity, whether internally or externally from the building or home where the power is being used, can cause a power surge. That is why using a UPS power surge protection device is so important.
Common causes of surges includes internal causes such as the switching on and off of a fridge, heater or even a hair dryer. External causes could be caused by lightning, a tree touching your power lines or an animal touching the lines.
Surges can range from five volts, up to thousands of volts, depending on the source.  Some surges will cause PC's to shut down, while others might not cause visible damage. The damage caused can happen immediately or over a period of time. Power surges can also happen when the power comes back on after a power outage. The telephone cable can also produce a surge in your home.
It is usually a spike in the voltage flowing through your powerline. The interesting part about power surges are that they usually last less than 1/120th of a second, and can cause huge damage in that small fraction of a second.
Protecting your equipment from power surges
Protection from power surges is not needed in all equipment. Some electronical and technical equipment will need power surge protection, while a light bulb or a fan will not need it. The reason being that computers are extremely sensitive to voltage, by having many different voltage components built into the pc. It is absolutely essential to get proper protection for your computer since power surges will shorten the life of your computer. A bad power surge will simply end the life of your pc right there and then. The latest technology DVD players and other home theater equipment can also be sensitive to power surges and should also have a UPS power surge protection unit.
It is also a good idea to know that your UPS power surge protection is working properly. For that reason, we recommend that you get a unit with a light that will tell you whether or not it is working.
Protection does not end at connecting all your equipment to the surge protectors. Telephone lines can also bring through surges, which is why it is important to also have your modems and other connectivity devices connected to your computer.
In doing this, will ultimately save you lots of effort, time and money as well as the loss of business because your equipment blew out. A well worth investment.
More information:
www.powerhousetv.com
www.statefarm.com
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