Jeff, I have a multi-outlet strip surge bar plugged into my USP, since I need more outlets than the USP has. And it has saved me during a number of unexplained short power failures we've had. I do backup and I assume my insurance would pay for replacements, but in addition to the premiums going up, I'd have to work to get my computers back the way I want them. But then again a G5 as a replacement would be a big gain in speed.
Anne On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 10:17 PM, Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: > > Anne, > You're right that a surge can't physically protect against a direct > lightning hit BUT: > 1. You can then have your hardware fixed or replaced for free under a > good unit's insurance protection (nope, doesn't help with data) > 2. My house was hit years ago, I lost garage door opener, light bulb > blew, phone/recorder in the kitchen fried, etc. but none of 2 PCs & 1 > Mac were affected. > FWIW... > By the way, I don't recommend plugging a surge protector into a > battery backup. There's no benefit of double protection like that, > the way I understand it. Plugging a multioutlet strip into a surge > though is a different story. > > Jeff Slyn, Owner > SLYN Systems & Peripherals > (502) 426-5469 > serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985 | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
