UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) Lightning causes millions of dollars in damage to businesses each year and is the second leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. National Geographic (July 1993) reported that lightning lasts less than a second, yet produces more energy than all of the electrical utilities in the world combined during that instant. With the proliferation of computers and microprocessor-based devices in many greenhouses, lightning protection has become more critical. How can …showed first 75 words of 1036 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1036 total…I hope that you have a better idea of how UPSs work, their underlying technology, what to look for in basic features when buying a UPS system, and how to size a UPS to your load. Works Cited Solidstate Controls, Inc. (2000). Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Planning and Installation Guide. Retrieved August 22, 2004 from http://www.sciups.com/techhpapers/papers/planninginstall.html TechTarget. (2003). uninterruptible power supply. Retrieved August 20, 2004 from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci214161,00.html