http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/my-computer-has-a-power-surge-protector-when-a-bad-storm-comes-should-i-turn-my-computer-off/ Thu, 17 May 2012 22:58:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/my-computer-has-a-power-surge-protector-when-a-bad-storm-comes-should-i-turn-my-computer-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 Meme Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:55:22 +0000 http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/my-computer-has-a-power-surge-protector-when-a-bad-storm-comes-should-i-turn-my-computer-off/#comment-2162 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. 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.

]]> http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/my-computer-has-a-power-surge-protector-when-a-bad-storm-comes-should-i-turn-my-computer-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 smgray99 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:43:06 +0000 http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/my-computer-has-a-power-surge-protector-when-a-bad-storm-comes-should-i-turn-my-computer-off/#comment-2161 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. 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.

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