[muglo] Re: Storm Protection

I have held a bad experience with my MAC plugged into a wall outlet.  In
September 2002, I had plugged my MAC into the wall, the same outlet as the
answering machine.  Through the night we had a terrible thunder storm that
hit the house or close to it.  The answer machine was fried but the compute=
r
seemed fine.  Over the next couple of weeks the computer began to become
slower and slower.  Thinking the problem was a lack of RAM, I order more fo=
r
it. (PowerBook G3 with standard 64mb).  Six or seven pieces of RAM later we
discovered that it was damaged by a power surge from the lighting. This of
course meant replacing the computer totally and I now have a G4 PowerBook
that I immediately unplug it from everything during a storm and continue to
work on battery.=20

Marty


On 6/12/04 8:29 AM, "Theresa Roth" <theresaroth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> 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?
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>> Paul
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> I left mine on as I=B9ve never had a problem.  I do have a $35 powerbar whi=
ch
> I=B9m not sure if it=B9s also a surge protector.  Here=B9s what happened:  My 
> o=
ld
> TV got cooked (straight horizontal line), my water heater fried, my furna=
ce
> merely shut off, a cordless phone fried and I was without phone service f=
or
> 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 electri=
cal
> and phone lines.  But now, I can=B9t use the phone jacks in the powerbar an=
d
> must plug the Mac into the wall directly.  I=B9m unsure of whether this wil=
l
> prevent surges and/or damages in the future.
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