surge protector Plugging A Surge Protector Into an UPS

[Guest]

I have a Corsair VS550.  In my city there's no heavy power surges as far as I know (I may not be politically correct) but I use an UPS of APC  ( http://mdcomputers.in/products/desktop-acessories/ups/apc-back-ups-600va-230v-bx600c-in.html )  

 

-Check out the photos below-

 

**Problem**-  The UPS uses Indian socket system which don't follow the American plug diagram and different style. I was using a surge protector (a cheap one of with Belkin 200 joules or less ) to plug the PSU power cord for the noted cause. Before I bought an UPS, I used to use the machine directly through the power line and in the meantime, my graphics card started to show malfunctions. So eventually I ended up buying an UPS. Here's the thing, is it bad to use the UPS, connected to a surge protector? APC Says something here- http://www.apc.com/us/en/faqs/FA158852/. Truth to be told, what could I do except doing this? I had no other option going along with the given power cord provided by Corsair and plugging into the surge protector at the time and still now. I was baffled and the same still now. 

 

ADVICE!!!!

- Corsair Plug type that I got

 

 

 

 

 

APC UPS Socket. different from the PSU power cord pattern.

[rattacko123]

plug the UPS into the surge protector, not the other way around.
I have a UPS, and I have plugged a surge protector into the UPS. There is nothing wrong with it, it's just that the surge protector can detect the sine wave output from the UPS as a surge, and so the surge protector may not protect you against surges anymore because it used up all its surge protecting ability. If you plug the UPS into the surge protector this wouldn't be a problem. You won't damage your computer components either way.

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15 minutes ago, rattacko123 said:

plug the UPS into the surge protector, not the other way around.
I have a UPS, and I have plugged a surge protector into the UPS. There is nothing wrong with it, it's just that the surge protector can detect the sine wave output from the UPS as a surge, and so the surge protector may not protect you against surges anymore because it used up all its surge protecting ability. If you plug the UPS into the surge protector this wouldn't be a problem. You won't damage your computer components either way.

But you missed the point of the PSU power cord thing. There's no socket compatible for the power cord, so what'll be the point of having an UPS?

[rattacko123]

1 minute ago, Anirban said:

But you missed the point of the PSU power cord thing. There's no socket compatible for the power cord, so what'll be the point of having an UPS?

buy an adapter, if you can't get one, just keep on using the current setup you have, there is nothing wrong with it.

[Guest]

So you're telling me to use the surge protector going to the UPS, right? Buddy choose me one!!! Please here are the links-

 

http://www.amazon.in/s/ref=sr_nr_p_85_0?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asurge+protector%2Cp_85%3A10440599031&keywords=surge+protector&ie=UTF8&qid=1471425664&rnid=10440598031