On 19 May 2014 04:00, Albert Peres <[email protected]> wrote: > Common sense suggests and a quick Google search will confirm surge > protectors and UPSs will not protect equipment from lightning strikes. '... > average 3 mile-long lightning strike is one billion to ten billion joules'. > A good quality power bar with a surge protector, the APC Essential > SurgeArrest 6 Outlet 10 Foot Cord, 120V, for example, has a 'surge energy > rating 1080 joules'. 'A common surge protector will stop voltage spikes and > surges, but not the violent, catastrophic burst of current from a close > lightning strike'. > > (The above information was collected from the internet, confirming my > suspicions) > > -- > Albert Peres > > [email protected] > 416.660.0847 cell > > RESPONSE: Thank you all for your advice; I have a Mac and it is never switched off - always on sleep - so it starts immediately, I only turn it off when going on holiday.
The thing is if i turn it off then the beauty of having a Mac is lost - what are your thoughts on this? Gabe Menezes.
