You have 33kv lines in the streets in Australia? My God! Are your power companies and legislators insane?
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:24 AM Subject: Re: XP question > On 8 Feb 2003 at 19:18, Leonard Paris wrote: > > > That's what a really good UPS is for, preventing surges and sags from > > damaging your hardware. > > Amen, I have APC UPS on all my computers. A few years back we had an insulator > come loose on an aerial 33kV line in the street which fell across the aerial > 240V mains vaporizing them. It also blew down-pipes off buildings, fused all > our earth wiring, blew the gas meter off it's perch across the street and lit a > gas plume, blew fuses in most appliances, blew light bulbs, damaged my Telcos > equipment and perforated copper water pipes. But my computers (and hard drives) > survived :-) > > Cheers, > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >
