I need to keep my electronics running in case of a major emergency. Would this work well for a couple of laptops and PCs?
2047093
yes... during an outage this generator powered a microwave,refrigerator,lights and coffee pot. plus other things.
2047094
Yes, it's more than enough. When we lost power this past winter, I had this running my furnace, well pump, hot water heater as well as the bathroom lights so we could take showers. The only thing this could not run was our electric range. Everything else worked well with this model.
2047095
Generally what people are asking when asking this question is, does the generator have a sufficiently low total harmonic distortion for sensitive electronics. It does NOT have any mitigation technology for that. If you want to be as safe as possible you need to use some kind of conditioner. That said, laptops should be fine as they use conversion to DC anyway, a UPS should be fine for desktop PC's. Set top boxes and TV's should have similar treatment considered as well.
2047096
Yes. It would defititely run 3-4 with a power strip. I used mine extensively over the past 2 -3 years and love it. I have used it to run 2 refrigerators during power outages. Starts on first pull, runs my power tools, it's a great machine at a great price.
1690700
I have a power surge protector -- just in case there is a lightning storm and if it knocks out the motor I will not be a happy camper. An extension of this arrangement means, a UPS may work. I see why not. Principle is the same. Actually, a UPS is a smart move.
91587
Yes, but remember the protection is limited to preventing electrical damage. It will not help with a power outage. If you want to protect your data, consider an uninterruptible power supply (for example APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS for approximately the same price). Personally, I plug computers and TVs into UPS units, and I plug a printer/fax/scanner into a line conditioner to keep the printer from causing sags that result in the AFCI (a kind of circuit breaker) from tripping. To summarize, a line conditioner is NOT a UPS.
1305199
As long as the generator is hooked up properly it should not be any problem. For computers, SOP is to use a surge protector.
162526
Sure. My favorite feature of the protector is that if it is compromised by a surge, it will start beeping about every 30 seconds to inform you if it is out of sight. I would not use it for electronics because it is designed to continue providing power to your refrigerator so your food will not spoil and in the event of a storm, it would not continue any additional protection and would let additional surges through.
511046
Buy a UPS of the type you use on your computer. All functions are there. Size it to how long a power failure you want to ride through.
578378
i'm using the belkin strictly for a/v and is fantastic. however, it would function for a computer as long as you understand it has no battery for complete power failures; only power fluctuations and surges.
225187
Yes. I do not see why it would not perform well for such a short period of time as long as the computer server does not spike demands over the limits of the transformer. I am not an electrician.
545618
Yes, this can be used as a backup source for an internet modem or router, but because it will not last long once the power is out, it makes more sense to us a APC UPS 350ES (or equivalent) backup battery/surge protector instead.
528759
I'd be worried about 1) heat and 2) dust, neither of which are good for electronics. If you can control those two factors I don't see why not. If not, there may be more rugged units on the market.
913962
No, this is only for usb devices. They make separate power banks for pc's there alot larger though.
387125
I agree with Derrick Davis, it all depends on how much you are running on it. The UPS is only designed to run long enough for a proper shutdown of the computer in case of a power outage. A minute to save your work, a minute to shut down should be all you need.
1843426
There should be no problem with a genny that size but you may want to look at the 10 circuit version. It will not shut off automatically but due to the way it works you will know when external power is restored when circuits not on the transfer come on.
1267499
Yes, the computer that the software is installed on will need to always remain on for email and all other alerts and motion activated video recording. A UPS battery backup is also a good idea for unexpected power outages, as the program can only be restarted at the computer it's installed on. You can use a hard wired or a WiFi laptop, as long as it has internet access. A wired connection would most likely be much faster.
488089
That will depend on how many watts the devices on the UPS draw during the power outage. I have two of these devices for two computers. The older computer draws more power so there would be just enough time to save files, and shut the computer down cleanly. My new computer has a light power footprint; it could run about thirty minutes before depleting the UPS power.
1616393
Yes,it works great for items like that,, I esp. like that if I keep them plugged in I can turn each individual appliance on and off at will, while keeping something else on...But if you have something with those big transformer plug in you would need to put in the first or last plug so it doesn't block any of the others..
354644
In my opinion, yes. I use it for a printer. I may use the computer the whole day but I do not need to have the printer on all time. The same token to save power, I use it with other appliances such as a toaster oven, microwave, etc. It may be a very small amount that you may be saving on your electricity bills. But it adds up in along run and not to mention savings energy!