[G4] Firdge Vs. Mac

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings,

On Sep 30, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:

>     I have a Mac that I have been rebuilding for about a week.  The 
> first time I plugged it in, the power supply blew.  After replacing 
> it, I was able to get it up and running again for a couple of days.  
> When I tried to boot it up yesterday, however, it was dead.  No chime, 
> no lights, no fans, nothing.  I tried 3 different power supplies, but 
> none of them solved the problem.  I checked and re-checked every 
> connector on the mother board and the memory etc.  everything looks 
> fine.  I don't know what killed it, but I am beginning to suspect it 
> has something to do with the fact that it is on the same electrical 
> circuit as a refrigerator and a freezer.  Is there any known issues 
> running a computer on the same line as a fridge?  My nieces PC also 
> failed to boot after a recent power outage.  When I looked at it, I 
> noticed that she had a mini fridge plugged in to the same outlet.  
> Shouldn't a surge protector prevent any problems resulting from other 
> devices on the same line?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
> _______________________________________________

Kevin ( + )!( + )

A refrigerator and a freezer more than likely won't cause a voltage 
serge on the circuit that they are connected to, but they can cause the 
voltage to drop below a safe operating level during the start-up 
period.

What you need is a Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) that has a 
low-voltage detector. Most of the inexpensive ones only detect a 
complete loss of power and you need one that comes into play upon low 
levels, like when the refrigerator or freezer are in the start-up 
cycle.

There are also constant voltage transformers that put out a constant 
voltage when the input voltage goes up and down, however they are 
pretty expensive.

Most surge protectors are for protection against Lightning.


Best Regards, /\*_*/\

Harry (*^_^*)
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