In SA with up to 8 hours Load Shedding per day & subsequent switch on surges, the insurance claims have skyrocketed. Mostly TV's, Fridges & Aircons. The insurance companies have now "eliminated" their risk by insisting on a surge protector fitted to the DB by a certified electrician. Too expensive for most of us so we now have individual surge plugs on sensitive appliances.
Alan C On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 10:41 AM mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > 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. > > > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
