[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 8/20/02 9:33:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> > i unplug my system during thunder
> > storms, if it gets zapped it's gone, i simply couldn't afford to replace
> it.
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> The problem is that sometimes you're not at home when a thunderstorm strikes.
> It seems to me that a first rate power center with hefty coils can attenuate
> the electrical surge. Proper grounding is essential. I believe there are
I'm sure that some of the more electrically technical people on this list will
laugh at this, but when I leave the house my Mac is turned off and Unplugged
from the wall. I had a bad experience a year and a half ago during California's
blackouts. Our grid was surged around 20 times in a short period as a result of
the blackouts. I had an APS surge protector and backup on each Mac (each of
them were the $400 variety...not Walgreens junk), and my G4 desktop and Pismo
got fried. Dead. Completely. Boards and PS's. So I offer my experience as a
tech and as a normal user.
1. Do not sleep your mac. It wastes electricity and your mac is technically
still "on."
2. Shut your Mac down every night when you go to bed. Your Mac has moving
parts in it. Would you idle your car in your driveway instead of shutting the
engine off?? I didn't think so.
3. If you leave your Mac for a trip or something unplug it from a wall and
drape a garbage bag over it...in case the roof leaks or something. (just
kidding about the last part, but I have done it before when I had a questionable
rental).
I can't afford to lose my Macs either. I hear you.
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