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Computers Tips : How to Choose an Uninterruptible Power Supply

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When choosing an uninterruptible power supply, or UPS, determine how much energy is needed to run the computer and find a UPS with a battery that will store enough energy to accommodate the computer during a power failure. Find out the equation used to determine energy usage for computers, fax machines or telephones with information from a computer technician in this free video on computers.

Expert: Jonathan Ayres
Bio: Jonathan Ayres has more than 25 years of computer industry experience with all types of computer hardware and operating systems.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

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Computers Tips : How to Choose an Uninterruptible Power Supply

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  • Question.... So, is ...

    Question....
    So, is the DC from the storage battery electronically converted into AC just to be rectified back into DC by the computers power supply?
    Wouldn't it be easier to have the IPS provide the DC directly to the output harness from the PC power supply?
    Thanks for the vid!

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  • YAY! tnx so much ...

    YAY! tnx so much for the TUT. It cleared my questions about picking UPS

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  • can you tell me the ...

    can you tell me the differance between 12 volt ups battery and a 12 volt car deisel battery ?

    both look exactly the same - like an ordinary car battery

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