My computer has a power surge protector. When a bad storm comes, Should i turn my computer off?
Jose asked:
I was wondering, I have a power surge protector with a battery backup hooked up to my computer.
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I was wondering, I have a power surge protector with a battery backup hooked up to my computer.
I still shut the computer down though during bad storms, But i was wondering if this mad a difference at all now that i have a protector.
Should i shut my computer down during bad lightining storms even with a power surge protector?
August 19th, 2009 at 2:43 am
A little extra safety couldn’t hurt. A lightening strike, if close enough, will fry a surge protector and may also jump past it as surge protectors are not designed to handle that much of an overload.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:55 pm
the ONLY sure way to protect your computer during lightening storm is unplug it from the wall….unplug the telephone cord that is attached to your computer too. i lost a computer to power surge during Charlie thru my telephone line into the computer. Unplug everything from the computer that is attached to an outside sorce of electricity. I lost another computer from lightening when i had left my printer plugged into the wall and it was connected to the computer and the only source of power surge…fried my circuit board.