Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, Possibly the best surge protector is a UPS power supply. Basically a large to really large lead/acid batter. Not only do they cushion power outages but they can also absorb a rather large power spike without transferring to the equipment. A couple of years ago I could have sworn we had Bahgdad Electric as the power would go off several times a day. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/30/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > This morning, I got up from the computer and went to church at about > 11:00am. I left the computer on as well as my printer and Nikon film > scanner > (I usually don't do that, but I was running late). When I arrived back > home, > my mother in law told me that there was no electricity. I went to the > circuit breaker box, and about half of the circuit breakers had been > tripped! That made me a bit sick. The entire neighborhood was without > power, > and there had obviously been a huge surge before the power went down. I > paid > big bucks to have a surge supressor installed for the ENTIRE HOUSE. It is > installed on the circuit breaker box. > > Entergy (the power company) came out and rewired some of the power lines. > Everything came up except my office. The circuit breaker would not engage. > I > unplugged everything in my office, and the circuit breaker did engage. I > slowly started plugging things back in, but when I tried to plug in the > cable going to all of my computer-connected stuff, it tripped the breaker > again. I examined the surge suppressor strips, and every one of the three > was cooked! With black sooty stuff on them, and smelling like an > electrical > fire. I made a mad dash for the hardware store for more suppressor strips, > and slowly started plugging things back in. Ahhhhhh...........everything > seems to be okay. > > But I have little faith in surge suppressors now. The one protecting the > house didn't seem to work. The one attached directly to the outlets on the > wall didn't seem to work. The cheapest ones, the $10 surge suppressor > strips > that my computer, printers, scanners, hard drives, etc. are plugged into > burned up. I guess that means they DID work. Leaves me with a bit of a > sick > feeling inside. The more expensive they were, the crappier they worked. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >