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you can put together the most powerful rig imaginable and try to keep it as safe as you can by not visiting questionable websites putting it in a locked room and maybe defending it from your cat's claws with a nerf gun or something but there are some things you just can't predict asteroid strikes nuclear war and perhaps the worst of all power outages there aren't too many things more frustrating than being in the middle of writing an important paper or work report when everything just suddenly goes dark fortunately a great defense against this has been around for quite a while the ups and I don't mean having a guy in brown shorts deliver a generator to your house I'm talking about uninterruptible power supplies which can keep your equipment running even if the power grid has gone dark there are many different kinds of UPS's on the market with different internal workings but the basic principle of operation they all share is this you plug your UPS into the wall and then you plug whatever you're using computer monitor or server rack or whatever into the UPS kind of like you would a power strip or surge protector the UPS has an internal battery that gets charged from the wall so if the power goes out your UPS can keep your stuff running keep in mind however that UPS is designed for and affordable enough for home use won't keep your PC running for hours on end during a blackout they're designed to give you enough time to save your work and shut down your computer properly so you don't lose anything important but that's kind of it buying the right UPS can give you longer running time more features and increase reliability so how do you know what to pick one of the most important specs to pay attention to is how much power the UPS can deliver what makes this a little complicated though is that it isn't just a matter of say matching your power supplies wattage to the UPS's UPS capacities are typically given in both amps instead of watts but those of you who paid attention physics will know that volts times amps give you what so isn't that just the same thing in UPS land though they aren't because of resistance present in electrical load so you'll want to pick up a ups with a volt amp rating 50 to 75 percent above whatever the typical wattage load from your PC will be and of course make sure you factor in everything else that you have plugged in such as a monitor some UPS's are also what's called line interactive meaning they have a special transformer built-in that can deal with voltage dips or surges if you live in an area where the power grid just yet oh isn't the best and you have to deal with stuff like frequent brownouts that make your lights flicker since electronics need a steady supply of power this can give you a great additional layer of protection even if the power doesn't go out completely also pay attention to what kind of software the UPS comes with many units will allow you to connect the UPS to your computer with a USB cable and use software that will tell you the battery life of your ups and how many minutes of uptime to expect if the power goes out as well as automatically shut down your computer properly once the battery gets low some UPS software will even save your work for you beforehand a very useful tool in case you stepped out of the room or even left the house entirely when the power went out and of course you want to make sure that whatever UPS you get can actually give you enough run time off the battery many UPS's will state a number of minutes on the spec sheet but remember this is only at a certain wattage so if you have tons of stuff plugged in and you're in the middle of gaming at 4k you simply won't have as much time so keep these tips in your mind and you can rest easy if there's a freak blackout or something well at least about your electronics since not much can save you from having to replace all that food in your fridge if you're stuck without power for long enough audible.com is the 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