"David C. Stone" wrote in message
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In article , Daniel Morrow
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The only way that I am aware of to deal with power outages completely is
to
use a backup power generator, way too expensive for me right now so I
will
make do. One recommendation is to get one with a sine wave output but
this
recommendation is really only especially important if you plan on using
sensitive devices with it such as a computer. UPSs simply only help as
much
as one drop in the bucket as far as long term duration of power outages
go.
The sine wave output means the ac output is only "on" for part of the
time
and so doesn't overheat sensitive devices, very basically put. Good luck
and
later!

????

AC power implies a sine wave - that's what mains ac is, anyway.

Or are you saying that some generators actually put out something
other than a sine wave?

Exactly, Back in the early days of personal computers there was a lot of
magazine articles/etc. about how sine wave is way better for computers than
the typical square wave because of heat generation. This was about upss and
generators. I am talking about waveforms.