-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 September 2003 05:41 pm, Price Technology wrote: > 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 This will add some inductance to the power line but it won't help you with lightening. At best is may roll off some small 100-200 volt surges. A surge arrestor is better than that. Mike W - -- Registered Linux - 256979 NRA Life ARS: W0TMW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ZPin5fq6h2uDDlQRAnYbAJ97pPq/axHghgxPLV/+jMTeXPuL+ACggU5G h09VDU3EC+i+442YzbUxGRc= =evTh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
