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Old 05-06-2006, 09:07 PM  
rowan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peaches
I have a generator and surge protectors - do I still need some UPSs too?
A UPS protects from short term dropouts (like half a second as a substation switches over) and also other problems such as brownouts (voltage wandering below specs). A generator will keep you going for ages, but you still need to start it... in the meantime your comp crashes, or switches off.
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