The Problem with power ...

In order for you to protect your business from power problems you must know what you are up against. Power problems range from the subtle, keyboard lock ups, to complete data loss and destruction of your business equipment. According to a survey done by the Yankee Group, half of the corporations place the value of down time, at $1,000.00-$50,000.00 per hour.

Problem	Cause	Effect	Solution
Spike Over Voltage	Electrical discharges from lighting, monitors, florescent lights, and laser printers.	Damage to boards, bios and other critical operational components.	A quality surge suppressor w/ high Joules rating and low clamping voltage.
EMI? RFI Line Noise	Electric motors, dot matrix printers, cell towers, radio stations, cell phones, and all electrical equipment. Line noise is always present in various magnitudes.	Damage to memory, micro processor, hard drive controller, key boards lock-up data loss and discontinuationof operating system.	A quality surge suppressor w/ line noise filters using capacitors with high DB filtration capability.
Low Voltage / Sags>	Low caliber wiring of insufficient diameter to supply a constant 120 VAC. Poor distribution network and turbulence loads.	Over heating of all electrical products due to low voltage, damaging power supply, motors and reboot (data loss).	A quality voltage regulator with wide input range (>20%) and input (<10%) of 120 VAC.
Black Out	Many reasons for rationing to an overload of circuits.	Loss of data, damage to hard drive and loss productivity.	A quality UPS system from CDP.

All manufactures from Apple, Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM and many others offer years of warranty from manufacturing defects. Damages from power problems are not covered by the warranty this is why power protection is highly recommended by these and many other manufacturers.