Surge protectors are mandatory on new installs in the UK, now, probably because
of the poor state of the supply infrastructure. We had three failures last
year (with accompanying surges) alone. None so far this year, surprisingly.
> On 07/12/2023 22:48 GMT Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I don't know about the server gods, but some gods somewhere weren't happy
> with my photo computer .
>
> On the night of November 13 it seems that our house had a massive power
> surge. The victims were (1) my photo computer setup, consisting of a Mac
> Mini and two on-line OWC hard drives. A few days later we learned that the
> control circuit board and some of the wiring for our house's minisplit
> AC/heating system were partially melted (we are now using our hot water
> heating system).
>
> We're waiting for a new circuit board and valves for the minisplit system,
> and I've been chipping away at the computer problems. The OS on the Mac
> needs replacing, and both external drives have media and file system errors
> on Disk Utility which are making them flaky.
>
> So, in the midst of other activities, I've been chipping away at the
> problem. I'm shifting files from two other external hard drives (which
> aren't in daily use) so that I can shift my files off the damaged drives
> and reformat them.
>
> Then I'll be able to transfer a bunch of files, reformat the external
> drives they were on, transfer files back, and hope that Lightroom
> cooperates in getting everything accessible.
>
>
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