{"id":30062,"date":"2026-04-28T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=30062"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:14:22","slug":"tech-tip-uninterruptible-power-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/28\/tech-tip-uninterruptible-power-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Uninterruptible Power Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week’s tech tip is one that I’ve had on my list for quite a while. I knew the timing was right as soon as the power flickered twice right in the middle of the workday recently due to heavy winds. In an era of unpredictable power outages from storms or grid glitches, an uninterruptible power supply<\/a> (UPS) is your home computer\u2019s simple yet powerful safeguard, offering precious minutes of battery backup to save your work before shutting down safely. This beats a basic surge protector every time. This Popular Mechanics article<\/a> breaks it down perfectly, explaining why it\u2019s essential for desktop computers, how it filters out damaging surges, and shares affordable models that plug in effortlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you use a UPS? If so, do you have a brand\/model recommendation? Please share in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a cool app, tool, or tech tip you\u2019d like to share? Contact Chase Masters<\/a>. Please note that Tech Tips are personal recommendations and might not be officially endorsed or supported by U-M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month\u2019s tip is an uninterruptible power supply, a battery that, in the event of a power outage, will continue to provide power to your PC (or anything that\u2019s plugged into it) long enough to save your work and shut down safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":9792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[201,1215,547],"class_list":["post-30062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-electronics","tag-power-supply","tag-tech-tip"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Chase Masters, University Library","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mastersc\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This month\u2019s tip is an uninterruptible power supply, a battery that, in the event of a power outage, will continue to provide power to your PC (or anything that\u2019s plugged into it) long enough to save your work and shut down safely.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30062"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30070,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30062\/revisions\/30070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}