i have an aunt in florida, and she has lost a computer to surges, even with a surge suppresser. the advice of using one plugged into another is good. a whole house suppresser in addition to the small ones on the outlets would also be good. if anyone on list is comfortable doing their own electrical work i'd be happy to tell you how to make a whole house surge suppresser, i've even checked the nec (national electric code), which is the basis for regs most places. it's not that expensive to build your own, nor is it complicated. i'm not a licensed electrician, but i've done a fair amount of wiring work for friends and myself, and even done low voltage wiring for a bar when the electricians didn't want to learn how the lighting system worked, they checked my work of course and were very satisfied with the low voltage portion and how i had connected the line power to and from the control modules, they were actually very nice to me. then again, i'm in wyoming where people are usually pretty nice and the unions aren't as spastic, not that unions aren't a good thing.
Obi-Wan wrote: ------- > > I am going to move to a place (Florida) sometime around x-mas and would love > advice on how you people deal with the lightning and hurricanes and stuff. I am > from northern Minnesota, so I am no stranger to weather, but Tampa will be a new > experience for me. You can send off list if you like. --------- -- "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.) -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
