>^..^< Returning to Callahan's
Harry Mary Andruschak
few weeks? Earlier this month (I am unable to remember the exact date)
we had VERY high winds in the LA area. As I was driving to my evening
AA meeting, driving north on Vermont Avenue and about to turn left
onto Torrance Street, a blinding white flash lit up my car. I wondered
if it was a lightning strike nearby, but there was another white
flash, and all the traffic signals and street lamps went out. Some
sort of transformer failure or power line down.
When I got back home, the power was still off. I unplugged the
computer system from the wall outlet to avoid any kind of surge when
the power returned. Of course I had a surge protector, but I wondered
if it had been able to handle this sort of event. How many Catholics
does it take to change a lightbulb? None, we prefer candles. Out came
the Advent candles, genuine Bayberry wax candles. Power was not
restored until the next day, in the afternoon. At that time, I was
able to see if my computer had come through OK. Nope.
With the help of my Brother, Michael Paul Andruschak (and the real
brains in the Andruschak family), I was able to order a bottom-of-the
line tower system from Dell. The only upgrade of any kind was to a 23
inch (diagonal) LED screen. It arrived today, and brother put it all
together. I had to wait a few weeks before ordering the system to make
sure my cash flow could handle the charges to my credit card.
More tomorrow
Hanging Jester
6281-4432-97f...@k13g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
That sucks. I've had various electronic equipment zapped by outages.
Surge protectors can only take a certain amounts of hits before they go
bad, and one big one can still make it through so their actual surge
protection ability may vary. Some will begin to flicker the power light
when it is time to replace them, but others don't. The lightning strike
most likely took out the power supply and/or motherboard's regulators.
You may be able to recover any files you have on your hard drive.
~ Jester
Chris Zakes
laser caused Harry Mary Andruschak <adopts...@aol.com> to write:
>Late Monday Evening, 23 November 2009. So where have I been the last
>few weeks? Earlier this month (I am unable to remember the exact date)
>we had VERY high winds in the LA area. As I was driving to my evening
>AA meeting, driving north on Vermont Avenue and about to turn left
>onto Torrance Street, a blinding white flash lit up my car. I wondered
>if it was a lightning strike nearby, but there was another white
>flash, and all the traffic signals and street lamps went out. Some
>sort of transformer failure or power line down.
>
>When I got back home, the power was still off. I unplugged the
>computer system from the wall outlet to avoid any kind of surge when
>the power returned. Of course I had a surge protector, but I wondered
>if it had been able to handle this sort of event.
You might check the specs on the surge protector. I know that some of
them say that if your computer is damaged despite their protection,
they'll pay some or all of the replacement costs.
-Chris Zakes
Texas
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discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..."
-Issac Asimov
Cindy Wells
Cindy Wells
(The only way to guarantee the power surge won't hurt your electronics is
unplugging from the wall. As another has said, some of the surge protectors
have a warranty that insures you against property damage so check the
documentation.)
Wes Struebing
Glad you're back, Harry! How are the furkids doing - especially with
the power outage?
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