al wrote:

Thanks all for the advice. It's only £11 from Screwfix, but I'm
wondering if it's really worthwhile or not. Just about to get a new
PC in a few months so the more protection the better. Ideally I'd
like to have a UPS to condition the power and prevent loss from power
cuts (battery life not really important), but I can't find anything
that falls into the small, cheap and quiet category!! I'm used to
dealing with 5U monsters in racks to power my servers - noisey and
very expensive!

I bought a small Belkin UPS from PCWorld (of all places) partly to use as a
power source when I'm away for a night in the van (powers the laptop and
digicamera nicely) and also as a fallback supply at home. It earnt it's
money in a couple of long weekends away last year and again last week when
the leccy went off for nearly 2 hours. I bet I was the only one in the
street with TV & Tivo & PC & lighting (aren't low wattage CFLs great)
uninterrupted throughout

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James...
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