subject: Power Protection for Your Appliances [print this page] Power protection is highly essential to avoid monetary and data loss in the offices. Frequent power cuts and surges are common problem in the corporate sectors due to the heavy electricity load with the growing number of industries these days. Power protection is a wide term used for devices frequently used for producing electricity during the power cuts and surges.
Power Protection- The Device
This device is highly used both in homes and offices. The device comes in two main forms, all depending upon the mode of working. The device is called uninterruptible power supply or UPS and is used for producing electricity through the attached batteries. Online UPS power protection and Offline UPS power protection are the two main types of devices available in the market. These two devices are meant to be used in homes and offices.
Offline Power Protection
Offline power protection is often used at homes. The electricity is produced by battery, attached to the device. This device is connected parallel to the mains line of the appliances. After the power gets cut off a small gap is present before the UPS recognizes the power cuts and starts producing the electricity. During this gap the attached appliances turn OFF. Only those appliances start again which are in the auto start mode. Due to this cut in the power supply the offline power protection becomes useless for office use. The cuts will lead to heavy loss in terms of data and money. Hence, this device is used in the homes as there is no monetary and data loss at home.
Online Power Protection
Unlike the offline power protection, the online power protection UPS is connected to the main line of the appliances. Hence, there is no gap between the power cuts and production of the power through battery. Due to direct connection to the mains line, the battery of the device always remain in ON mode. The battery keeps on charging in case of power supply and in case of power cuts the battery discharges and electricity is produced to run the appliances. Hence, the device is best suitable for offices as there is no loss of data.
