10 ways to protect systems from electrical damage
News Even if circuits have been tested, proper grounding has been verified and UPS or surge protectors are in place, a system's wayward power supply can inflict electrical damage on a PC or server. Surge protectors and UPS devices can't properly...
[July 20, 2006, 17:35]
10 things you should know about deploying a UPS
News Should a strong electrical surge occur, the UPS' protective circuit will prevent the surge from destroying other equipment. A computer's sensitive electronics can easily be destroyed by electrical surges spawned by lightning strikes or power grid...
[June 21, 2006, 15:40]
Top 10 tips for protecting your PC in hot weather
News To protect your computer during electrical storms, unplug the telephone line from the modem jack or use a telephone line surge suppressor If the power socket is affected by a power surge, then all the machines could suffer damage
[July 6, 2006, 16:40]
Dialogue Box 5.6: When power goes bad
Video What happens when a power surge delivers more volts and amps than your electrical equipment can handle? Dialogue Box pushes a capacitor to the limit — and beyond — to find out.
[February 4, 2009, 8:05]
Data Line Transient Protection
White Papers This white paper explains how transients are created, how they can have devastating effects on electrical equipment, and how surge suppression devices work to help protect against them. Electrical transients (surges) on data lines can destroy...
[July 6, 2007, 3:31]
Tips for managing IT facilities
News It involves filtering out stray magnetic fields that can cause unwanted inductance, doing the same to stray electric fields that can generate unwanted capacitance, and providing surge suppression to prevent voltage spikes.
[June 6, 2005, 17:35]
Planning a power-management strategy
News Some plug into an outlet (or, more often, a UPS or surge protector) directly. But a lack of power or inconsistent power — electrical power, that is — can corrupt your data or bring down your entire network.
[July 14, 2006, 13:05]
Mobile phones fall over in emergency
News Thursday's blackout caused a similar surge in mobile phone calls, creating about four times the usual traffic in the area, according to Verizon Wireless. Traditional lines continued working, because phone companies have added back-up power...
[August 18, 2003, 9:15]
Country vicar 0 - evil technology 1
Blog At midnight on Christmas Eve, for example, a 400v electrical surge took out just about every electrical gadget in the family home, with much buzzing, banging and smoke - leaving us to cope with candles and claret.
[February 17, 2009, 16:45]
