Re: Whole house surge protectors

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:29:02 GMT, Pig Bladder
<pigbladder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:10:22 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:59:07 GMT, Ignoramus32515
>> <ignoramus32515@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>>
>>>Also, would a decent UPS such as a APC 2200 (I got four for $60
>>>yesterday) be sufficient? We just bought an expensive electronic
>>>consumer appliance and I want to protect it. Hence my question.
>>>
>>>i
>>
>> About five years ago, we had a surge from a lightning strike at an
>> electrical substation some four miles away.
>>
>> It propagated on _underground_ cabling to my house where it took out
>> all the light dimmers in the house, two computers and a couple of TV
>> sets.
>>
>> I added a WHSP as well as little UPS's on critical items.
>>
>> So far so good... fingers crossed ;-)
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>So, how long has that volcano under your ass been dormant?

Apparently before history.

...Jim Thompson
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