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What is the difference between a surge protector and a UPS?
Two completley different pieces of euipment doing different jobs.
A surge protector will protect you euqipment from suffen surges, spikes and brown outs.
Spikes are caused by nearby high power euipment switching, like fridges, central heating and anything with an electric motor.
A surge protector will also go a long way to protecing you from lightining strikes. You can also get surge protectors that will protect you telephone and network hardware.
Brownout is when there is a short term drop in voltage which only lasts in for a few seconds. This can be caused by the power station switching generators. It can sometime be followed by a surege as the new generator settles down.
An uninteruptable power supply is used on mission critial applications such as network servers where a sudden total loss of power could be disaterous. The consists of batteries that are on a constant charge. As soon as there is a loss in power the interruptable power supply switches in and powers the equipment. Not for long, but long enough to do a graceful shutdown and possible bring up a stand-by computer.
Surge protectors are cheap and are a worthwhile investment. Uniteruptable power supplies are more expensive and are normally only used when they are needed
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