Originally Posted by minusonebit

What kind of fucking moron dosent use a surge protector?

I have everything on APC protectors or UPSs... hell, even the electric pencil sharpener is plugged into one. I registered all of them and kept all the reciepts and packaging. One day, I had a hit and it made it past the APC that the network laser printer (an HP 5si) was plugged into... but it got blocked by the APC unit that the CAT5 was run to before the switch, so it didnt take the whole thing down. APC bought me a brand new printer, no hassles at all. I was really impressed they stood behing the $50K insurance on connected equiptment for a $35 protector.

On a side note, my parents lost thier computer a couple of years ago when a surge came down the Comcast cable line. Blew the whole back of the modem out. Because Comcast installed the modem and provided a surge protector, my parents ended up taking Comcast to Arbitration claiming that the protector was defective. Comcast had to pay for the damage.