Friday, May 1, 2009

UPS

Okay, so we have all heard and used the term in our daily lives. However, have you ever wondered what on earth UPS that sounds like a scarier, technical term actually mean? Well, a UPS essentially means Uninterrupted Power Supply and is the power back up used to keep your devices running in case of sudden power cuts. However, it is not just that. A UPS is an extremely useful device that is placed between the power supply plug and your computer to safeguard it from any sudden negative features of the power source. The Uses of UPSThere are a number of power related problems that a UPS solves or tackles. It not just provides a power back up to your system in cases of power failure but also protects it from sudden voltage fluctuations, under or over voltage situations that sustain for a long time and causes over heating of various kinds, frequency variations and other such power related harmful behavior.Some of the more advanced UPS also provide features like automatically shutting down system in case of longer periods of erratic power behavior and later restarting it when the conditions are normal, displaying the voltage or current that the equipment is drawing, ringing alarms on certain conditions and providing protection from short circuit.

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