Power Protection Types
Question: How well can a power supply work if it has poor-quality AC power to work with?
Answer: Not very well.
Because computers and many popular computer peripherals run on DC power that has been converted from AC power, it's essential to make sure that proper levels of AC power flow to the computer and its peripherals. There are four problems you might run into:
Overvoltages (spikes and surges)
Undervoltages (brownouts)
Power failure (blackouts)
Noisy power (interference)
Extremely high levels of transient or sustained overvoltages can damage the power supply of the computer and peripherals, and voltage that is significantly lower than required will cause the computer and peripherals to shut down. Shutdowns happen immediately ...
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