[muglo] Re: Storm Protection
- From: Theresa Roth <theresaroth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: MUGLO <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:29:05 -0400
> With all the storms that we have had recently - and who knows for the
> future!! - is it necessary to turn off the power, unplug the supply
> and/or disconnect the telephone line to the modem? It seems these days
> that people leave their computers on in storms!! Perhaps they are more
> robust now?
>
> Paul
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I left mine on as I¹ve never had a problem. I do have a $35 powerbar which
I¹m not sure if it¹s also a surge protector. Here¹s what happened: My old
TV got cooked (straight horizontal line), my water heater fried, my furnace
merely shut off, a cordless phone fried and I was without phone service for
48 hours. My Mac is ok but the phone jacks in the powerbar are fried. I
assume the powerbar protected my Mac from surges both through the electrical
and phone lines. But now, I can¹t use the phone jacks in the powerbar and
must plug the Mac into the wall directly. I¹m unsure of whether this will
prevent surges and/or damages in the future.
Theresa
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