[Cialug] Burned out power supply

[bofh at visi.com]

I can't agree more with the UPS recommendation. I built a 
fairly good computer for my mom a couple of years ago, and 
added a nice APC UPS to the mix.  It paid off over the 
past couple of months, with the ice storms and power 
outages in their neck of the woods.  The local computer 
shop is now backlogged with systems requiring repair, but 
my mom's system (cross fingers) is still doing well, and 
auto shutdown nicely when it needed to.

And, of course, it's not just power failures.  Quick 1 
second outages (I call them "cable switches"), spikes, 
brownouts, etc occur often around the Des Moines area.  
These can truly punish systems.  Dunno if it's MidAmerican 
wide, or Des Moines specific, but systems of mine in other 
regions don't have near as many as around here.


On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:14:03 -0600
  Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:01 PM, 
> <murraymckee at wellsfargo.com> wrote:
>>
>> What can I do to prevent the power supply from burning 
>>out again?
> 
> You might look at upgrading from a surge suppressor to a 
>UPS.  Surge suppressors won't protect you from brownouts.  Look for 
>a UPS that has a computer interface that allows you to shut down the 
>computer cleanly in case of a power failure.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Ollie
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