
Should I get a backup power supply for my home?
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Kurt "The CyberGuy" Knutsson offers advice on expert reviewed backup power systems with pros and cons, and explains what an uninterruptible power supply does.
If you have any plugged-in tech at home or your office and you want to make sure you never lose your work, it's generally a good idea to use an uninterruptible power supply or a UPS. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurt’s CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.
What a UPS does is ensure that your computer and everything else plugged into it can continue to run smoothly during power outages, brownouts, and other disruptions that could cause data loss, hardware damage, and more.
In our home, we always use a UPS for our critical gear. Here's my list of important stuff to have plugged into a backup power supply.