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? >>=20 >> Paul >>=20 >> _________________________________________________ >>=20 >>=20 > 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. >=20 > Theresa >=20 > _________________________________________________ >=20 > For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on >=20 > http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html >=20 > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: >=20 > http://muglo.on.ca/ >=20 _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/