Power Protection FEATURED ARTICLE

If you’re lucky enough to live in the Northeast, then you’ve had the wonderful experience of back-to-back winter storms these last two weeks that left many of us out in the literal cold. With temperatures dipping into and below single digits, power sources are working overtime to keep homes and businesses heated, lighted, and running. That can put a lot of strain on power grids, not to mention the ice and snow that is also doing a good job of burdening electrical equipment. This can all lead to an unfortunate power outage. Of course, just because it’s winter here in the northeast, it doesn’t mean the rest of the country is invincible when it comes to power catastrophes.

The folks over at Minuteman Power Technologies are fortunate enough to be experiencing 65-degree weather in January thanks to being located in Texas, but even areas that have mild temps this time of year aren’t strangers to power outages. Just as the company explained in a recent blog post, Charlotte, North Carolina, had to close two schools thanks to power failures, and no, it was not due to a wintry mix.

The fact of the matter is, it doesn’t matter what the weather is doing outside: Power outages happen and it’s a good reminder to us to keep up to date on our power protection plans. Don’t have one? Then it’s certainly time to make one, because whether you’re a small business or a work at home professional, an outage can cost a lot in lost revenue.

The simplest way to safeguard yourself and your equipment during a power outage is to invest in an uninterruptible power supply, or UPS. A UPS combines surge protection with a battery to provide backup power even if the lights go out. You can turn everything off cleanly, without losing data, and without damaging your devices, which can mean a lot when you’re running a business.

Minuteman UPS/Para Systems (News - Alert) is a provider of unique and robust power protection solutions and offers an array of products, from outlet surge protectors to UPSs, all of which are designed to keep businesses going despite what’s going on outside.

In addition to keeping things running smoothly, using power protection equipment can also save institutions thousands in costly damages due to outages in the event of an interruption or total outage.