“When the battery drains out during an outage and the unit shuts off, will the unit turn itself back on when the power comes back on?”
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Hello Allen, If the battery is drained and the power comes back on, you will need to manual power on the unit. Thank you for your question.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The purpose of a UPS/Surge Protector is to protect sensitive and expensive equipment from power outages/surges ... which are usually caused by terrible weather ... which often times comes with nearby lightning strikes. About 3 months ago, my 3 UPS/Surge protectors were subjected to exactly that ... a nearby lightning strike causing a massive electromagnetic pulse that ultimately fatally damaged 2 of my my 3 UPS/Surge protectors ... which over the next 6 weeks totally ceased working ... emulating "power outages" as they died while the weather was good. The transmitter/receiver equipment in my overhead fans ... were also destroyed ... requiring an electrician to remove the receiver units in the ceiling fans and putting me back on fan chains again. The answer to your question is that it will reactivate .... but after exposure to such intensive power pulse surges ... it will gradually die permanently. My solution was to buy more powerful USP/Battery backup surge protectors ... but to plug those into ... SURGE Protectors that were plugged into household electrical outlets. Electromagnetic power surges from nearby lightning strikes will destroy the surge protector outlet strip that your UPS/Surge Protector is plugged into ... which will shut off power to your USP/Surge Protector ... triggering the immediate use of your battery built into your UPS/Surge protectors ... which starts beeping as it/they begins to exhaust its/their electrical storage capability ... giving you time to power down your sensitive electrical equipment safely without damaging computer storage files, CMOS chips on your computers, external hard drives ... etc ... and saving your UPS/Surge protectors from self destructive battery exhaustion. The wise thing to do ... once all of your sensitive equipment (such as computers, monitors, printers, etc ... are all shut down safely ... is to UNPLUG your UPS/Surge Protectors ... and keep them unplugged until the household power comes back on ... AND ... the stormy weather is GONE. Keeping one or more Surge Protector power strips ... "on the shelf" ... as they are cheap if destroyed by bad weather/power surges ... is the better part of wisdom as they are sacrificed while your UPS/Surge Protector(s) and sensitive electrical equipment plugged into it ... are saved from electromagnetic pulse ... destruction.
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