Thats Exactly Right. You can never have too much protection from problems on 'the grid'
In any case Mike How old is your surge suppressor? They only have a finite lifespan and although they still pass through power after a surge it may be dead and not stop further surges. Most filter boards will only stop 1 or 2 decent surges, unless your using it on the back of a power conditioner of course ;) Can you see or get a sighted person to check the leds on the board? there should be 2 lit (usually) one noting that power is on, the other noting that filtering is also working. if this is not the case and there is only the power one lit its time to relegate that board to the "not working" pile . it will still function perfectly as a power board just not as a filter. HTH Kieren On Jul 28, 4:38 am, Scott Howell <s.how...@verizon.net> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
