Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
UPS' DO give the brownout protection, surge protectors do not.
A UPS is a surge protector with a battery backup combined.
Perhaps what I wrote above should have read like this:
Thanks ArchaicA ... I do understand the differences, of all, and had one computer ruined years ago, because of brownouts ... all thanks to rural hydro! From then on, I have had a UPS.
And I too, may not have worded things correctly!! When I replaced my UPS the last time, it seems to me that my techie told me that not all UPS' have brown out protection ... and you needed to make sure that it included whatever words in the description for that purpose. So what are the word(s) that tells you so?