Hello Scott, Boy, you gots that right! Around 20 years or so ago, a large surge occurred in the local transformer, due to a squirrel on the wires. It wrecked an uninterrupted power supply that I had. But it didn't kill any of the equipment. In fact, after I got a statement from the power company, regarding the surge and what the spikes were, the manufacturer actually replaced my UPS. However, from time to time, I have people tell me that I'm rather paranoid. Even a technician from the cable company told me the same thing. And I said that I wasn't going to change my attention toward the safety of my electronics and data. Dan On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:30 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> > Dan in my opinion, there is no such thing as overkill. If your going > to spend a thousand dollars or more on a machine, then there is no > reason to spend $50 or even $100 on protecting it. I haven't even > taken into consideration the data that in some cases may not have a > dollar value, but sure is worth something to you. Believe me, I've > lost data in the past despite my best backup solutions and loosing > expensive hardware is a drag. I know a number of folks who lost > machines or parts there of do to a lack of good protection. > > On Jul 27, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Dan wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> My Uninterrupted power supply has cable and modem surge protection as >> well. I use all my protection, I never bypass it. It may or may not >> be >> over kill, but it works for me. >> Dan >> >> On Jul 27, 2009, at 3:36 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> >>> I disagree. There should be a surge protector/arrestor between the >>> router and the wall jack. So, you'd have in your example A as the >>> walljack, B as the cable running from the wall jack, to C the surge >>> protector/arrestor, D the cable from surge device, to e router, and >>> so >>> forth. The point is you can't just put a surge suppressor on the >>> electrical side, but at any point that connects to the outside world >>> such as the phone lines or network beyond your own subnet. >>> >>> On Jul 27, 2009, at 3:15 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> A router between the wall and the mac might help in the future. >>>> Consider >>>> it a bullet stopper to prevent the mac from being taken out. Same >>>> principle applies why external modems are better than internal >>>> modems for >>>> PC's. They're bullet stoppers which may or may not work in the >>>> event of a >>>> lightning strike. A network switch connected to the router might >>>> also >>>> help. But let's back this up a little so you can picture this >>>> better. >>>> Letters connect to each other in order with what I'm about to >>>> write. >>>> Given, a is the wall jack, b is wire connected to wall jack, c is >>>> router >>>> connected to b, d is wire going out of router, e is network switch >>>> connected to d, f is wire going out of network switch, and g is >>>> your >>>> mac >>>> connected in the ethernet port to f. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Scott Howell wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I don't know what to tell you, but everything that that is >>>>> connected >>>>> to the electrical mains or to a network drop should be routed >>>>> through >>>>> a surge protector. This will help, but of course is no guarantee >>>>> and >>>>> there may very well be some components, which are affected more >>>>> than >>>>> others. I guess I've just been very lucky and if you have >>>>> homeowners >>>>> insurance, they may very well cover it if the machine is >>>>> completely >>>>> toasted. I can't possibly imagine why resetting the pram would >>>>> have >>>>> such an impact though. If you have an Apple store/service >>>>> facility, >>>>> might be worth having them look at it to see if there is something >>>>> else going on. Good luck, I know it really sucks when something >>>>> like >>>>> this happens. >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 10, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Mike Reiser wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Nothing else that was in the serge protector was effected. The >>>>>> internet >>>>>> is connected through a netowrk drop on the wall. My speakers are >>>>>> also >>>>>> plugged into the serge protector. The keyboard isn't and it's >>>>>> usb, >>>>>> and >>>>>> also the monitor adapter isn't. What's wierd is it stopped >>>>>> working >>>>>> after the Apple store employee had me reset the pram. Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
