On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 16:55, Chris Kloiber wrote: > 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-ThÃrÃse, wasn't it, that had problems with lightning? > > > > jch > > My apartment here in Raleigh, NC does have annoying brownouts and surges > on a regular, irregular basis. Normally I don't buy the 'extended > warranties' on items at CompUSA, but I figured that if the UPS functions > as designed it *would* fail, sacrificially. Indeed it already has, and I > have returned one UPS already for a new one after only 7 months use. ---- gee...I figured you as one of those who put a knot in the power cord ;-) Nice to have you back on the list - obviously not with a corporate email account. Craig -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
