[olug] One Point Twenty-One Jigawatts

[Jon H. Larsen]

Oh yeah, check this out.  It's a few years old, but items like this don't 
loose their touch...

http://wso.williams.edu/~aramos/upsfire/


Jon L.

On Wed, 14 May 2003, OBrien, T wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:53:52 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "OBrien, T" <IrishMASMS at olug.org>
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: Re: [olug] One Point Twenty-One Jigawatts
> 
> 
> <quote who="Jesus Cash">
> [snipped]
> >
> > Also, on the cheaper surge protectors; I had one really cheap one and
> > one day I head some crackling and popping. I traced it to the surge
> > protector. Through the thin plastic bottom I could see a nice light show
> >  going on. Arcs from terminal to terminal and black marks on the
> > plastic.  Shut everything down right away and replaced it. I opened the
> > surge  protector up and saw bare terminals and nothing much else but a
> > small  circuit breaker. After looking the thing over, I notice there was
> > no UL  seal. I didn't buy it, in fact I have no idea where it came from.
> > I  didn't even think that things like that could be sold in the US with
> > out  the UL seal.
> [snipped]
> 
> When taking some electronics classes at Metro Community College, I swear I
> was told that a surge strip was a one use item. It ties one power hit, and
> then it is no good. Unfortunately, with most surge strips they do not
> indicate that this “one good deal” has happened, and you are now
> vulnerable for that equipment connected to that surge strip. So you would
> be worse off then, thinking you are protected but in reality you are not.
> 
> True?
> 
> 

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