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CAUTION: power outage DANGER!
The following is from "A Great Notion Newsletter" ) which I thought was pretty timely:
Keith's Tech Tip Hi There I've got a simple tip for you this month. Now that winter is here, it' storm season and we've sure been having our share here on the finall wet coast this season! With storms come power failures, and th possibility of power surges. Make sure that your sewing machines an sergers are plugged into certified surge protected power bars - not jus the inexpensive power bars that you can buy everywhere, but the one that actually guarantee that they will prevent damage from a powe surge. We just had a customer in whose entire community was hit an every appliance with any kind of computer board in it in the whol neighbourhood that was not plugged into a surge protector was ruined Not what you want for your precious sewing machines I'm sure. Thi advice goes for televisions, stereos, DVD players and more. Protect you equipment with one of these surge protectors to prolong their lives Never even thought of my sewing machines....whoa Becky :santa - Kitty Fluf Posted via MooTal http://mootalk.com |
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Be interested in protection that is effective; that actually
claim to provide that protection. Plug-in protectors don't even claim protection from a typically destructive transient. They claim protection only from a type of surge that does not typically exist. And word that claim so that others 'feel' it is effective protection from all types of transients. Even worse, they cost tens of times more money per protected appliance. Effective protection for sewing machines and everything else was discussed in the alt.sewing newsgroup on 15 May 2001: http://tinyurl.com/y28r and http://tinyurl.com/y29f Those plug-in protectors don't guarantee to protect. They guarantee that IF you meet a long list of restricted (fine print) details and suffer damage, then they will pay for a fraction of the replacement cost. How surge protectors work was summarized in http://tinyurl.com/l3m9 . How that warranty is so often not honored is posted in http://tinyurl.com/p1rk . Effective surge protector is sold in Home Depot as Intermatic EG240RC or IG1240RC or Siemens QSA2020. It is necessary and actually does protect sewing machine, TV, stereo, etc. At maybe $1 per protected appliance, then effective 'whole house' protector can be installed that also protects dishwasher, clock radio, GFCIs in kitchen and bathroom, dimmer switches, etc. Idea is to earth a transient before it can enter the building. Plug-in protector simply forget to mention any of this to sell their overpriced and ineffective products. A surge protector is only as effective as its earth ground - which plug-in protector forget to mention to make the sale. Kitty Fluff wrote: The following is from "A Great Notion Newsletter" ) which I thought was pretty timely: Keith's Tech Tip: Hi The I've got a simple tip for you this month. Now that winter is here, it's storm season and we've sure been having our share here on the finally wet coast this season! With storms come power failures, and the possibility of power surges. Make sure that your sewing machines and sergers are plugged into certified surge protected power bars - not just the inexpensive power bars that you can buy everywhere, but the ones that actually guarantee that they will prevent damage from a power surge. We just had a customer in whose entire community was hit and every appliance with any kind of computer board in it in the whole neighbourhood that was not plugged into a surge protector was ruined! Not what you want for your precious sewing machines I'm sure. This advice goes for televisions, stereos, DVD players and more. Protect your equipment with one of these surge protectors to prolong their lives. Never even thought of my sewing machines....whoa! |
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I think my 401 is safe (that's my newest one).
"Kitty Fluff" wrote in message om... The following is from "A Great Notion Newsletter" ) which I thought was pretty timely: Keith's Tech Tip: Hi The I've got a simple tip for you this month. Now that winter is here, it's storm season and we've sure been having our share here on the finally wet coast this season! With storms come power failures, and the possibility of power surges. Make sure that your sewing machines and sergers are plugged into certified surge protected power bars - not just the inexpensive power bars that you can buy everywhere, but the ones that actually guarantee that they will prevent damage from a power surge. We just had a customer in whose entire community was hit and every appliance with any kind of computer board in it in the whole neighbourhood that was not plugged into a surge protector was ruined! Not what you want for your precious sewing machines I'm sure. This advice goes for televisions, stereos, DVD players and more. Protect your equipment with one of these surge protectors to prolong their lives. Never even thought of my sewing machines....whoa! Becky :santa: -- Kitty Fluff Posted via MooTalk http://mootalk.com |
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The electric troll strikes again.
"w_tom" wrote in message ... Be interested in protection that is effective; that actually claim to provide that protection. Plug-in protectors don't even claim protection from a typically destructive transient. They claim protection only from a type of surge that does not typically exist. And word that claim so that others 'feel' it is effective protection from all types of transients. Even worse, they cost tens of times more money per protected appliance. Effective protection for sewing machines and everything else was discussed in the alt.sewing newsgroup on 15 May 2001: http://tinyurl.com/y28r and http://tinyurl.com/y29f Those plug-in protectors don't guarantee to protect. They guarantee that IF you meet a long list of restricted (fine print) details and suffer damage, then they will pay for a fraction of the replacement cost. How surge protectors work was summarized in http://tinyurl.com/l3m9 . How that warranty is so often not honored is posted in http://tinyurl.com/p1rk . Effective surge protector is sold in Home Depot as Intermatic EG240RC or IG1240RC or Siemens QSA2020. It is necessary and actually does protect sewing machine, TV, stereo, etc. At maybe $1 per protected appliance, then effective 'whole house' protector can be installed that also protects dishwasher, clock radio, GFCIs in kitchen and bathroom, dimmer switches, etc. Idea is to earth a transient before it can enter the building. Plug-in protector simply forget to mention any of this to sell their overpriced and ineffective products. A surge protector is only as effective as its earth ground - which plug-in protector forget to mention to make the sale. Kitty Fluff wrote: The following is from "A Great Notion Newsletter" ) which I thought was pretty timely: Keith's Tech Tip: Hi The I've got a simple tip for you this month. Now that winter is here, it's storm season and we've sure been having our share here on the finally wet coast this season! With storms come power failures, and the possibility of power surges. Make sure that your sewing machines and sergers are plugged into certified surge protected power bars - not just the inexpensive power bars that you can buy everywhere, but the ones that actually guarantee that they will prevent damage from a power surge. We just had a customer in whose entire community was hit and every appliance with any kind of computer board in it in the whole neighbourhood that was not plugged into a surge protector was ruined! Not what you want for your precious sewing machines I'm sure. This advice goes for televisions, stereos, DVD players and more. Protect your equipment with one of these surge protectors to prolong their lives. Never even thought of my sewing machines....whoa! |
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