{"id":10096,"date":"2011-06-10T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/essential-office-equipment-ups\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:33:15","slug":"essential-office-equipment-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/essential-office-equipment-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Office Equipment: UPS"},"content":{"rendered":"
I finally got around to purchasing one very important piece of office equipment, which I have been meaning to do for quite a while – a UPS (uninterrupted power supply). However, I didn’t want to just buy any old – dare I say “cheap”? – device, so I did some in-depth research on what would best suit me needs and purposes and still be affordable (although the price really should be secondary – lost work, or worse, lost or corrupted files due to a power outage can be expensive in more way than one).<\/div>\n
After looking around on various Internet platforms and studying brands and, most importantly, reviews, I finally decided to purchase the APC Back-UPS CS 500<\/a>. <\/div>\n
Set-up (connecting the battery and the various cables to and from the PC and the outlet) and installation of the software were a matter of minutes, and although it said to charge the battery for at least 8 hours before first use, it showed a completely charged battery upon plug-in already. I still left it connected to the power over night, though, just to be on the safe side.<\/div>\n
The cool thing about the included software is that it shuts down the PC after a certain time period on battery power, which you can specify. This means, should I for whatever reason not be in the office during a power outage, the PC will shut down safely and in an orderly manner (after there had been an outage last week while I was out running some errands, this was especially important to me). Usually, however, the power outages around here are only brief, so a shut-down is not necessary. <\/div>\n
I did a quick test of the UPC by flipping the switch on the power strip to which everything is connected, and voil\u00e1 – the PC continued running as if nothing had happened! Exactly what I had been looking for. <\/div>\n
The included surge protection is another bonus, although that is part of the power strip already, but double-safe won’t hurt.<\/div>\n
I only have the PC and one of the two monitors I work with hooked up to the UPS, but that should be sufficient for my needs. I could add the second monitor and my printer, as well, but I would need extra cables and adapters, since the UPS only accepts IEC connectors (the only slight drawback in my opinion). <\/div>\n
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So,do you have a UPS in your office? If so, which one? If not, why not?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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