On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 19:32 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote: > I have two mac minis, one of which will be converted to Ubuntu to > replace my aged laptop. There is an opportunity to buy gear to > prevent lightning strike and damage from power surges to telephone and > computers. Is the best way to buy an auxillary power supplly, if so, > what make and model ? What alternatives ought to be considered, > please. We are in a bad spot for electrical storms. Robin >
Call me picky, but isn't it true that you can't *prevent* lightning strikes, only try to get them to hit something other than your aerial/golf club/tree/car/house? Would it not be "just" a case of installing a lightning rod and embedding the other end in the earth? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod Cheers, Al.
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