My suggestion is to get a really nice surge protector or get a battery back up. Were I live I had some really bad storms pass through on the 9th and when I went down stairs to turn on my iMac G3 I noticed that the surge protector was tripped. So they do work.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Ralph Green <[email protected]>wrote: > > Howdy, > Absolutely. That is what the PRAM batteries are there for. They keep > the system settings when you are unplugged. It does not take much > power, but you do run them down faster when you are unplugged. When you > are plugged in, they are not being drained by the computer at all. They > are just naturally discharging, as batteries always do. > Good day, > Ralph > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 23:44 -0400, insightinmind wrote: > > > > Does this place a drain on the PRAM batteries? I believe someone > > contributed awhile back, that when the psu capacitor drains, that's > > when the batteries are used more. What might be a time limit on such a > > capacitor drain? > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
