hello ,,
it wil take me atleast two weeks to buy new battery for replacing dead one,,
i wanted to know if i can run my desktop pc without ups ,, and with just stabalizer connected ..
That could be a gamble, it all depends how stable your power service behaves. I live in a rural area and wouldn't consider it wise with the power here.
If I lived in a city without regular power outages, I wouldn't worry much provided I had a quality surge protector. I might unplug after shutdown just because I can. YMMV.
As long as you have good surge protection, a good quality power strip, you should be fine. Your only inconvenience would be power outage or brown-out. Surge protection protects you from the spikes and noise on the line, but that's all. Always have good backups, stored on external drives that are un-plugged from the machine and stored safely.
A good power strip for surge protection is far better than nothing. UPS being the best option, of course. For the 2 weeks or so until your battery arrives, you'll be protected as best you can be from spike/surge protection, and your backups will protect your data and system files.
Best of luck.
See this link:
Surge Protectors vs. UPS: Do You Really Need a Battery Backup for Your PC?
Code:Most home users can get by with a simple and inexpensive surge protector—if the worst comes to the worst and you have a power spike in your home, just replace it and you’re good to go. A UPS is probably warranted if you frequently do critical work on a computer and can’t risk it losing power even for a second. It’s also a good upgrade if you live in an area with an unreliable power grid or frequent power outages from weather; those split-second power losses can be more or less ignored, restoring a bit of peace of mind.
thanks, for all the replies,, i have the main connected by V Gaurd stabilizer and apc br1000g IN ups connected to this stabilizer,, now my pc is still connected to ups even when battery is depleted.. so i shall be safe as i have two protection ,,
I think he knows that, margrave. His concern was the safety of running without the battery portion until it was replaced. He's already posted he has plenty of surge/spike protection in place.
If you are overly concerned about power outage until you get a new battery, I would suggest turning off write caching on any drives you consider critical, you may notice a slight decrease in speed for file transfers but should prove a safer bet in case of outage.
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