Are you using a surge protector? God damnit you should be
 

So yeah...One of the employees hooked up one of the work laptops directly to the wall instead of thru a surge protector...That computer was wired into the main router...So the laptop got hit from the storm last night...knocked out the router (which knocked out the phone lines) which also knocked out a desktop and a laptop...

Of course everything else was on a surge protector...But doesn't help whenever the surges travel thru the network...

So the moral of the story...MAKE SURE everything is under a surge protector...

Oh the fun of running a business...Thank god for business insurance...

This has been a in your face public announcement :winkwink:

somebody is fuckin fired.

blah you shouldnt be fired, but thats a hell of a learning lesson

Surge Protector >>> Battery Backup >>> Puter ;)

nah...not that drastic...bitter...but insurance covers it all

if you do where is the gamble in your life? :winkwink:

All mine on heavy duty surge protector now....... Had bad storms here in the UK in July and surge came up through telephone wire and blew modem/router.... not a big expense - but fucking annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!

holy jehosifah

I am a little bit nercouse in thunders because of the possibility that something can happen to my note. Though i have UPS.

no English here :1orglaugh

one of my bf's used to laugh at me when i would unplug my pc from the wall during a storm
...until a few years later his got fried in a storm

:winkwink: you never know :)

I always unplug my entire surge protector from the wall before big storms also.

On a related note, most of the time it's phone lines that are the conduit during a storm. So stay off the phone during storms, and get s protector that includes phone, cable and network jacks as well as AC.

of course so

I would never hook up my tower(s) unless I have surge protection!!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

good advice! Storms suck :(

good words from the uptime guru :)

Well...Insurance company is paying out $6450 with a $250 deductable...So I guess I came out ahead on this one...

woot

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. :)

I use it..... Most of the times at least....

No dobut with back up APCs.

Yes and when you stay at a hotel room always remember to bring a surge protector. I learned the hard way by plugging directly in the wall of the holiday inn and bam the laptop harddrive was fried. I was angry!

everything in our office goes through surge protectors

if you got hit once youll remember - APC is what we use not that expensive anymore and they rock

I guess the same kind of moron that actually reads this rambling, attention-whore post.

I would have been too. :):Oh crap

Yes indeed....don't cheap out..many offer a protection fee in case their equipment doesn't work