Should I Buy The Most Expensive UPS Baterry Backup System With Surge Protector For My Amiga?

[justthatgood]

Geez, if you have the money to go get one. GO GET ONE!!! Why if you hardware has any value at all, you should get one. Need I tell you about all the people that wish they had fire extingushers, when their houses are burning to the ground. How about people that wish they had changed the brakes on their cars when they are watching their wrecked car. Lets talk about this little boat called the R.M.S Titantic, need I say more.

How many times can I beat this stuff into peoples heads. Always expect something bad is going to happen. ALWAYS!!! Prepare!!!

[KThunder]

-How many times can I beat this stuff into peoples heads. Always expect something bad is going to happen. ALWAYS!!! Prepare!!!

and if you are close enough to them to name them that could be very bad :-D

i dont know what id do if i lost jenny

[Homer]

Yup, minimum protection for all is a surge absorbing power strip, but I would recommend a UPS to anyone that can afford one.

[tonyvdb]

Mor importantly get a Trip-Lite IsoBar like THESE as a UPS (unless its an exspecive one around $2000) dont run the power through the bettries unles there is a power outage (they switch over to bettery when the power goes out) they offer very little surge protection whereas the Isobar has the proper protection and they garentee it including the equipment plugged into it.

EDIT: The cheeper UPS systems still connect your computer directly to the AC voltage comming in so your not as protected as they like you to think.
The exspencive ones actualy seperate the incoming power from the outgoing power so the power is actualy comming from the battries all the time.

[irishmike]

ISOBAR is a good suppressor for sure.  One of the best!  

I use APC Surge Arrests (around $45 USD at Best Buy or like store) and they have done well for all my computer equipment.  In fact, last year I lost my router and a hub that were not plugged in one of those APCs and everything else survived the surge from that electrical storm.

I have since plugged my new router and DSL modem into a second APC unit!  Like them alot.

But you wouldn't go wrong with ISOBar either for sure!