On Sunday 14 September 2003 13:14, John Haxby wrote: > Chris Kloiber wrote: > > Oh, and invest in a good UPS if you haven't already. I have 4 all over > > tha house. Nothing gets plugged directly into the wall except kitchen > > appliances and lamps. > > Not that it will do much in the way of protecting you from lightning > strikes. There isn't much point in investing in a UPS unless you > really do have a power problem -- if you're lucky though, the UPS might > blow up instead of the computer in the event of lightning. A surge > protector isn't much good either -- they're only safe for a few tens of > kilovolts, not several million. > > It was you, Marie-Thérèse, wasn't it, that had problems with lightning? > Tie a knot in the cord. No I'm not kidding. "Poor man's lightning arrestor" Joebewan -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
