WOw, I can't believe someone would actually tell you your being paranoid. After all, if that were true, the sale of ups and suppressors wouldn't exist. Ask my father, I just replaced the power supply in his PC a few months ago do to a brownout or surge. Point is, he went out and purchased a ups for $30. So, for $30 or so, he's got that backup now.
On Jul 27, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Dan wrote: > > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
