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Well, sometimes. Read the specs for your prospective UPS very carefully. "Consumer grade" units (ie. cheap ones that are generally used with PCs / comparatively low draw equipment) can vary wildly in exactly what you're getting, with not much upfront warning. "The Big Print Giveth, the Small Print Taketh Away" can apply in spades to cheaper UPSs. Some don't do any power conditioning at all and simply swap to batteries when the power goes out, while some will run you through the rectifier at all times. The first option often comes with an exciting subsecond glitch while the unit recognises there is no power and switches to battery (short, but long enough to take gear down). The other route may provide protection against peaks, but not against brownouts, or it may provide both. Read carefully and spend wisely. Not that I've ever seen anyone caught out by buying a cheap(ish) UPS and not getting the protection they thought they were getting ... As an aside, what are US domestic outlets rated for ? In the UK, I think an outlet is generally rated for 3 kilowatts, so you can run a fairly extensive set of gear off a single socket so long as you don't do anything too daft, like endless daisy chains of four-bars ... - Tony Sean Echevarria <sean.loop@creepingfog.com> wrote: >Yeah - there was an article in a recent EM - I don't remember what the >article was about but I do remember the recommendation that a UPS is >better >than something like a standard power condition. The argument was that >the >power is cleaned up by virtue of always running off the batteries. In >other words, when you use a UPS, you don't get power direct from the grid >- >you get the power after it's been stored in the battery so you get a >constant voltage, etc. Any truth to that? > > >At 2006.02.17 02:50 PM, William Walker wrote: >>face in place. But I would also suggest you invest in a power /line >>conditioner, with as much filtering and RF protection as your budget will >>allow...I know, just the thing you want to hear after paying first, last, >>and a deposit:( Monster seems to make some good ones, as does furman, >but a >>dedicated electronic or computer store will have more affordable ones >with >>battery back up, so you have a minute or two to power down before the >power >>goes off, during a black out. Other products that will help would be a >good > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp