You don\u2019t need to wait for a power blackout or a thunderstorm to damage your computer, power fluctuations and unseen surges through the mains power or through ADSL \/Phone lines can do incremental damage or catastrophic damage to delicate computer electronics, hard drives and network cards.<\/p>\n

One of the issues with power boards is that in a surge event they will shut off the power to the board, causing the computer to shutdown.\u00a0 In technical circles this is known as \u201cunexpected shutdown\u201d and is a common causes of disk failure or data loss. The event is logged in the systems error reporting\u00a0 and is an important area of risk management for data.<\/p>\n

Surge boards are not cheap and the high cost can give you a false sense of security. If it costs this much it must work, right? Wrong. Surge boards that suddenly interrupt power to your computer often cause problems rather than the intended purpose of protecting sensitive computer electronics.<\/p>\n

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An uninterruptable power supply that offers true sine wave technology was something that only large enterprise could afford, but units have now become smaller and affordable. The most important part of good UPS technology is the line interactive capability. This straightens out the sine wave to deliver clean power, along with the ability to switch to backup battery when the power fails. If the power is not restored within a specified time you can shut down your computer gracefully.<\/p>\n