during brief brownout and power outages of the utility the self contained power supply module is a low cost power supply having an integral ac plug adapted for connection in a standard electrical wall outlet the integral battery or capacitor provides continuous and clean power to electronic consumer devices that may lose programmed information stored therein due to brief power interruptions thereto application_number US 70643700 A description the invention is a power supply module comprising a power converter and an energy storage device the power supply module is used to power a consumer electronic device and to prevent loss of information stored in volatile memory of the consumer electronic device during power brownout or short duration power interruptions voltage transient protection may be incorporated into the power supply module indication of battery status or condition may also be incorporated into the power supply module according to an embodiment of the present invention the present invention may have an input that operates over a wide range of utility utilization voltages typically from about 100 volts to about 250 volts preferably from about 110 volts to about 125 volts and most preferably about 117 volts other utility utilization voltages may be used with the present invention and are contemplated herein an output voltage for the consumer electronic device may be supplied from about 5 volts to 48 volts preferably from about 8 volts to about 24 volts and most preferably from about 9 volts to about 15 volts referring now to the drawings the details of preferred embodiments of the invention are schematically illustrated like elements in the drawings will be represented by like numbers.