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It's like not having a backup drive. Everything is fine until one day it isn't. A good UPS does more than just protect from outages. It also protects from surg
by Night_Thastus 3y ago
It's like not having a backup drive. Everything is fine until one day it isn't.
A good UPS does more than just protect from outages. It also protects from surges and low-voltage situations that can both damage the equipment severely.
A UPS doesn't cost much and will last many years. Buying a new motherboard and GPU because they got fried is much more expensive.
- namibj 3y agoKeep in mind that most equipment of this nature has universal power supplies, and thus works even at just 50% of nominal grid voltage. The substation is mandated to trip in that anomaly, btw. Otherwise some very common types of motors (AC induction, single and 3-phase) would burn from the excessive current they draw to compensate for the reduced voltage.