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Would a surge protector keep your computer from harm even with a direct hit to your house?
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∙ 12y ago
When the lights go out, any number of incidents may have occurred. Storms may knock out power or a 1500-watt hair dryer may have popped a circuit breaker. When this happens, there is the possibility of a power surge occurring when power is restored. An unchecked surge can cause permanent damage to delicate electronics like a desktop or plugged-in laptop PC. There are ways to avoid this, as well as ways to correct the problem even after a surge occurs.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, A surge protector is just as the name suggests. It helps to smoth out spikes (or surges) of power to protect against to high a voltage damaging the electronic compoinets. No, A surge protector is just as the name suggests. It helps to smoth out spikes (or surges) of power to protect against to high a voltage damaging the electronic compoinets.
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How do computer users protect their computers from too much electricity?
To protect a computer completely from electrical problems you would have to keep it unplugged. Unfortunately this makes it useless. Using surge protection on the power supply is a simple and relatively cheap protection from spikes in the power supply. A UPS or uninteruptible power supply can be set up to allow the computer to run for a period of time after a breakdown in the power supply. These are more expensive the longer they can supply power, and are often set up to supply power for just long enough to do a save and tidy shutdown of the computer.
What are the differences between the circuits you find in your house and the circuits on a microchip in a computer?
In a physics sense, none. But in an electrical sense, A LOT. Microchips operate on DC (Direct Current) electricity, typicaly at 12, 5, 3.3, and 1.0-1.5v rails. Computer microchips also may contain hundreds or more of individual circuits, whereas the average house only has a limited number.
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