Which UPS ????

[Stemmy]

OK since my problems with the lightning last week - I am going to get a ups for the computer - but which one ???

I obviously want it to protect the PC and stop all spikes/brown outs/blackouts etc.

But I do have a TV card in the PC and I cant see a UPS device that allows me to pass a TV cable through it. this is where my problem was last week. The lightning came down the TV cable and buggered the PC.

Please help !!!!

I was looking at one of these but couldnt see the TV socket ??

http://www.unbeatable.co.uk/product/Belkin-Home-Office-F6H650UKUNV-UPS-System/23093760.html

[StagePhotography.co.uk]

Ok you've got Surge Protection

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=201477

and you got UPS's

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?IWAction=Load&Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=483

If you can afford it.... go for the best in the UPS...

and get a seperate one for the TV and videos etc...

[JBMUK]

APC do surge protection which allows you to plug in coax to filter the tv ...

[bartonflyer]

We use APC for UPS kit at work (though we don't have coax needs!) - however you need to understand that they are generally based on Lead Acid cells to provide the backup and these detiorate over time, so after a couple of years you no longer have the protection you thought you had - which is potentially a more serious condition than having no protection, as I know to our cost ! That said they work!! Click Here (http://www.apc.com/solutions/index.cfm?segmentID=1)
Cheers Ian

[Ade]

Another vote for APC, they're the only ones i will use on our kit at work.

I used to be an IT Engineer at the BBC and if they're good enough for them then they should be more than adequate for home use.

[Stemmy]

But is there a device that will do both - surge protection - UPS and Coax cable socket ?????

[bartonflyer]

Yes you can get just surge protection for sockets including a coaxsee here (http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=221) but you also said you wanted UPS !! Not sure if you can get both in a single device - UPS gives you power and generally smoothes the power out whe it is operating normally (ie not off battery) but I don't know any UPS's that also have coax surge protection in - Cheers Ian