Need help for UPS setup overseas

[blazarcher]

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I'll be moving to a 3rd world country in a month and am looking for a way to take my computer with me.

Over there there are a LOT off brownouts so I was thinking, to avoid damaging my components, of getting an overseas 220V UPS. What do you guys think? I'm really confused not sure how I'm gonna set it up there, should I get a cheap adapter to get the 220V plug and then plug that directly into the UPS or should I go with something like this... http://www.amazon.com/Goldsource®-STU-1000-Voltage-Transformer-Converter/dp/B0022TVX2Q/ref=pd_cp_e_0

The PSU is a Seasonic X850 PSU and I hear its actually better to run Power supplies on 220V's (better efficiency) so what should i do??? I was even thinking about getting a European model PSU just so I can get the 220V plug.

 

[shanker]

What country?

 

[blazarcher]

What country?

Bangladesh, third world country =) Lot of brown outs there I don't want to damage any of my components, but they use 220V like most people in Europe should even get better efficiency but I'm worried that if the power goes out all the time, the computer will be forced to shut down and I don't think that's good for any of the components, especially the PSU.

 

[iconiK]

Bangladesh, third world country =) Lot of brown outs there I don't want to damage any of my components, but they use 220V like most people in Europe should even get better efficiency but I'm worried that if the power goes out all the time, the computer will be forced to shut down and I don't think that's good for any of the components, especially the PSU.

It's fine. Losing power won't kill components, it is simply not physically possible. On the other hand, when power comes back, a surge CAN kill electronics; of course, any good UPS will have a solid surge protector.

 

[plugwash]

Get a 220V UPS, connect any equipment that can live with 220V direct to the UPS. Get small step down transformer(s) for any equipment that can't live with 220V (your equipment should be maked with it's input voltage range).

If at all possible avoid using travel adaptors, get/make leads with the correct connectors on them. Many UPS units use IEC connectors for the outlets anyway.

At least according to wikipedia bangladesh has rather a mixture of plug types, do you have any pictures of where you will be living that show the electrical sockets? if so I can probablly identify them.

I was even thinking about getting a European model PSU just so I can get the 220V plug.

You don't have to buy a whole PSU just to get a bloody plug.