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Tip: Use a UPS to Shut Down Your PC Safely

Summertime is near and power outages in the Philippines are going to be more likely to occur. According to a news article by the Manila Bulletin, DOE acts to avert summer blackouts . Reported on January 22, 2018, the Department of Energy has allowed power plants to operate without certificates of compliance and sell their capacity at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. Still, the Energy Regulatory Commission’s technical validation process would take 2-3 months to complete, meaning the Philippines may still suffer from power outages while the matter is being sorted out. To prepare for this, it’s recommended to get an uninterruptible power supply for your PC and other sensitive home and office electronics to avoid damage and data loss. What’s a UPS and What does it do? An uninterruptible power supply is like a form of a battery backup unit that protects any plugged in equipment from power interruptions by instantly providing a buffer that could last for a few minutes or an h

Basic Information That You Need to Know About UPS Today

UPS, an abbreviation of uninterruptible power supply is an electrical device used to provide continuous power to your PC or connected device before any power outages or surges happen. Though it is comparable to the functions of emergency standby generators which is used to substitute the lost power on brownouts, standby generators does not instantly replace the power lost used by your computer which endangers the health of your computer and your unsaved data as well since the files saved in the Random Access Memory are deleted. This is how standard UPS works. Just tune out in this blog for more posts about UPS.