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    Does a UPS actually protect hardware?

    Torn Mind: "To get joules, you need to multiply voltage, amperage, and time", true, but that is still a very subjective measurement. While a surge can be dampened, a MOV will wear away over time, I'd rather have an AVR regular the sinusoidal wave than have them chip away at my surge protector...
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    Does a UPS actually protect hardware?

    Thank you all for your informative replies! To be clear I would like to protect a desktop PC, this unlike a laptop will not have it's own battery supply and the initial reason as to why I was interested in one. I am fairly certain of the software impacts of intermittent, and complete loss of...
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    Does a UPS actually protect hardware?

    I did as much research into UPS units as I thought I needed in order to understand all of the top level jargon, but the fundamental issue of whether the appliances plugged in will be physically protected hangs over the entire industry (for domestic use). For example, a CyberPower UPS unit...