> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Apr 30 05:55:04 2012 > From: "Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC" <c...@shire.net> > Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:52:35 -0600 > To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: recommendation(s) for new computer > > > On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:41 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > >>> - Enermax Platimax 600W > > > > I do not know about your location but at mine power supplies have the > > tendency to have a short life due to lightning strikes in the area. Get a > > cheaper model but buy two. I just ran into this problem but did not have a > > second one for the affected machine. The new one fits only upside down into > > the box with all the consequences. > > no. no. no. > > Get a quality power supply. And get a Brick Wall. www.brickwall.com Bric > k Wall surge suppressors are real surge suppressors, not the fake things you > buy in the store for $25 with $0.10 worth of sacrificial MOVs that degenera > te over time.
If you have a bunch of 'sensitive' gear, also look at a Tripp-lite voltage conditioner. that gear, and and a lot of other Tripp stuff comes with an insurance coverate (in five figures) that will replace gear -behind- the Tripp device that gets damaged. Tripp does use 'sacrificial' devices, but I've never lost any gear 'behind' one, nor had a 'false postivie'. I've had several units that did sacrifice themselves, and in each case, I lost other gear that was -not- on the suppressor. Lightning strikes within 100' are no fun! :(( _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"