[Cube] I joined with a dead cube.

[Fred Terry]

On 5/28/05 1:24 AM, "Melvetta Overturf" <melturf at direcway.com> wrote:

> Tie a knot in he phone line where it comes out of the wall!? I've never
> heard of that but sounds like a keeper to me and living in Tornado
> Alley Oklahoma I need all the help I can get.!!!!!Mel
> On Friday, May 27, 2005, at 05:30  PM, Morning, A.J. wrote:
> 
>> Quoth Lou Hosta :
>> 
>>> I'm brand new to this list.  I've had a Cube (note the past tense)
>>> that I really enjoyed using.  One sad day there was a thunder way off
>>> in the distance, somewhere that wasn't even close to my house.
>>> Anyway, there was a phone line surge that killed my poor Cube.
>> 
>>     There are several ways to protect against a surge through the
>> phone line
>> whacking a modem (and other internals). The very best is simply to
>> unplug
>> the line, but... A very cheap and easy safeguard is simply to tie the
>> phone
>> line (where it comes out of the wall) into a knot.
>> 
>>     That won't fix your dead cube, but it might help prevent it from
>> happening again.

My folks, who live in tornado alley, have had to replace every electronic
device in the house due to line surges during thunderstorms. Dad finally
listened to the wisdom of surge suppressors. You can buy suppressors with
guarantees for replacing whatever is damaged. A little more expensive, but
it might cover what the home owner's won't.

pf