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Power & protection

Power & protection

(1) DON'T DON'T DON'T try to save a few bucks by skipping surge protection. Your phone system can get fried by high voltage coming in from the power line or from a phone line, or even from an outdoor phone jack, or wire connecting a phone or paging speaker in another building. Surge protectors vary greatly. Don't think that a lump of plastic you scooped up from a bin at the 99-cent store will do the job. You're investing a lot of money in your phone system; and if it dies, the disruption will be annoying and expensive. Your warranty will not provide a free repair on fried equipment. Good power line protectors cost $30 and up, and usually come with insurance to pay for any damage that isn't protected against. We sell power line protectors and protectors for phone lines (up to 25 lines in one module). 

(2) We use and sell computer-type UPSes (Un-interruptible Power Supplies) which are easy to install, come in a wide range of sizes, and can provide power for both a phone system and a voice processing system. We can help you figure out the proper model to keep your system going for the desired length of time. NOTE: In a business, if you don't have back-up power for your computers and lights, there's probably no point in having back-up power for the phone system, because probably no one will stay in a dark office to answer the phone. However, if you have a voicemail system that normally takes messages when the office is closed, back-up power is important.
 

(3) During a power failure, with no back-up power supply, some phone systems allow one or more standard phones to operate, but with no intercom, lights or system features. An internal battery will maintain your programming for several days.