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Question from Karen: I have a question about surge protection after reading one of your recent articles.
If there’s a close lightning strike and your TV or other equipment are not on at the time, will the strike still damage the equipment? [Read more…]
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As you probably know, spring is just around the corner.
And as always that means warmer weather and lots of beautiful spring flowers will soon be headed our way as well.
Unfortunately, the arrival of spring also brings with it the risk of severe electrical storms in most areas of the country.
There’s really nothing you can do to keep the storms at bay, but there are several things you can do to ensure that a lightning strike doesn’t damage your expensive computer equipment.
Here are a few tips for protecting your computer from lightning strikes: [Read more…]
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Question from Ana: I bought a new iMac from Best Buy a couple of years ago.
I also bought a surge suppressor to go with it because the salesman said it would prevent the computer from being damaged by lightning.
We had a thunderstorm last night and our power went off. It came back on a couple of hours later but now my TV, dishwasher and iMac are all dead. None of them will do anything when I turn them on.
My question is, do surge suppressors really work?