Battery Backup Guide

niknak3 asked:


I was thinking of buying a monster surge protector with a cleaning power of 1 (what does that mean?) and 1680 joules (but another one is 1300 joules. Which is better, or am I overlooking something. I am going to be connecting my xbox 360, my new lcd television, and other things. Any help is appreciated, Thank You.

laffy4k asked:


I happily use a battery backup for my computer, and am interested in possibly buying one to use exclusively with my home entertainment system (TV, DVD player, XBox, small computer speakers, video source selector, and VCR). All of these items are currently plugged into a power strip/surge protector.

I like the idea of having all of this equipment hooked into a battery backup - especially my VCR, which has to have the timer reset every time the power goes out, which is maybe a few times a year. I’d like the option of safely powering all of these things down on my own if the power goes out, rather than just having the power cut out as the electricity goes down.

My question is, are there any disadvantages to using a battery backup/UPS on a home entertainment system? They - at least the one that I am looking into - are generally designed to be used with computer systems, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work with my home entertainment system. Is there anything that you can think of that I am overlooking here that would make me not want to go ahead with doing this?