If you’ve done work on a computer for any length of time, you’ve likely experienced the horror being in the middle of a project and the power goes sideways - either from a surge or an outage - and ...

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) might not be something you think about very often, because it doesn't affect your frame rates or otherwise make your PC run faster. However, if there's a power ...

Back when I lived in North Carolina, along what weather experts call Hurricane Alley, I was a dedicated desktop guy. The repairability and greater bang for my buck were two good reasons why I went ...

To get the best efficiency for my battery backup system I want to make sure that the backup battery is large enough to cope with at least twice the total amp hours required in my calculations. So, in ...

We’ve all been there before. The power surges or cuts, even if for a second, and everything shuts off. The problem is you were in the middle of a big project and you have no idea when your work was ...

Last week I had a timely reminder of why having a battery power station at home is a good thing these days, when our power went down for about three hours. I use a laptop for work, so that shouldn’t ...

When Hurricane Katrina hit back in 2005, I was trapped in New Orleans for days without power. That lesson taught me to always have a backup plan because you never know when you will find yourself in a ...

The Bluetti AC300 & B300 home backup battery combo can be the first step in developing an expandable off-grid power solution. We've reviewed a lot of power stations, but this is the first time we've ...

Human life is largely dependent on power, and the best power stations from CES 2026 showed us how they create a difference in ...

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