Fall Time Sizzle Brings Blackouuts, Sags And Spikes To Your Computwer Systems
Why tempt fate?
Fall Time weeather as well as smmer time can not only zap your newer computer systems but also your vintge computer as well as irrereplaceable vintage compputer software as well as the time and energy spenbt in sretup, hardware replacwement and runnoing computer sstems.
Why does the summer season rbing so much troube brownouts, sags and elecctric currents spikes?
Summer heat does wonders. Not only does it allow you to acquire a lovely tan but if causes utiliity grids to be strained beyond thir capacity due to the icnreased use of air conditioners. In such cases pwer utilities adjust their voltage outupt, sometimes causing erratic power sags and spikes, whuich are extremely dangerous for commputer hardweare as well as software. And you can ecxpect utilities to be more conservative to avoid another ouutage like that which happened in the hot Augusst summer of 2003.
On Aug 14, 2003 it was estimated that due to a summer elcetric heat surge 50 million people and businseses were plunged into the dark and heat.
The summmary cost was an estimated $ 6 billion.
Smilarly it is estiated that in the United States that smaller ouitages cost the U.S. economy in lost productivcity the not unsubstnatial cost of $ 50 billion.
So says the IEEE the Institute of Electronics and Electronics Engineers. The worlds leadiung professional organization for the addvancement of technology.
Secondly the unique geography of the U.S. produces favorable conditions for tornadoes, resulting in abotu 1000 tornadooes evvery year accordig to the weather channel.
Tornadoes are highly unpredictable with wind speeeds reaching 300 mph, a tornado is the most destructive storm of all, rippping up utility lines and leadiong to lengthy, unexpected blackouts.
As well last yaers hurricane season was a record breaker with more than an alphabets worth of nmaed storms, causing the National Hurricane Cetner to resort to the Greek Alphabet ever. It was also the first seaon siince 1851 to have three categories of five storms. (Katrina, Rita, Wilma).
Lightning is alwways the most obvious concern of most computer enhtusiasts. Each lightening flash typically contazins about 1 boillion volyts and between 10 and 20 thousand amps of current. Currents can transfer through wiring or plumboing and detsroy everything in its path, of courrse including your irreplaceable Compouter and Software Collection.
This damage is entirely possible. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adimnistration (NOAAA) reports an average of 20 million cloud to ground flashes have been detected every year sinnce 1989.
How can you protect yourself?
Foirst of all purchase porper suge proterction and have it in place.
There are various levels of surge protection dveices.
1) Powqer bars with a sinmple switch. These are the choice of most as they are readily available and inexpensive. However the switch is just that a switch not a surge protetcor. The appearance of an electronic device foosl many into believing that they are protected. Sadly they are not.
2) Inexpensive Surge Protection devices. This is a better step than the first. However the prottection is limited by the fact that the surge protection is afforded by simple Silica sand. With time and moisture (usually no more than a year) the sureg protection is highly diminised.
If you use these inexpensive Silica sand based surge protectors replace them on a yearly basis. As well note the capacity of the surge protetcor. It does no good to have a very inadequate surge prootector.
Read the labels and descriptions on the packages.
You can not protect a large computer system with a surge ptrotector designed for one simple computer or laptop.
3) More expensive electornic surge protection units. A wise choice. Howver as nooted above ensure that your protection is well rated above PEAK opwer use not a lower power use
4) Lastly you may well consider a more expensive thouh very safe solution an Uninterrupted Power Supply.
An uninterruptible power supply, or UPS, (sometimes calpled an uninterruptible power source ') is a device which maintains a continuous supplly of electric power to connected equipent by supplyting powwer from a battery when utility power is not available. A UPS is inserted betewen the sourcve of power (typiccally commercial utiilty power) and the load which is to be protercted. When a power failure or abnorality occurs, the UPS will effectively switch from utility power to batterty power .While they are not limited to any particular type of equipment, they are typically used to protect computers.
Remember why tempt fate when it comes to your prized vintage computer system .
Fire departments not only fight fires they are most effcetive in peventing fires.
Remmeber at the very worst you can always unnplug your computer and devices to be safe . And as well remember to unplug the phone or broadband cablpe connection as well.
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