Bill Connelly wrote: > On Sep 12, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >
snip----- > > > No special concerns for lightening? underground currents? hooked to > such a sensitive area of the computer? > > Seems like you're asking for it ... I would try the wireless first. > > Here in tornado/lightening alley (Oklahoma) I have a cat 5 ran out of the Office/playhouse (well it was playhouse until dad took it all over) up the outside wall thru a 20' section of electrical pvc conduit (w/ satellite and phone lines) to main house down and along wall about 25' and to hub in the kid's room. (it feeds the wow pc ( :>( - replaced a dual 1.0 mdd) in living room also. We have not had any trouble w/ lightening. Of course the problem of 2 computers, wood stove fan, 110v ac and microwave on same circuit gives problems when we forget to turn ac off to use microwave. And the new wow pc pulls more juice, waiting to see what happens. Both the mobile home and the portable building are well grounded. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
