Offline during rain?

[slytherock]

The last time I turned on my surge protector it starts giving me this smell saying "I'm about to burn" lol

how about... dont know... let's say.....























getting a new one?

[mittelmeier]

I have all of my stuff on surge protectors, even still if the power goes off once and comes back on I normally shut everything off. There's just something about trusting thousands in electrical equipment to a forty dollar box that I'm unsure of.

[985323]

I have surge protectors out the arse. no issues here.

same here

[killergamer]

We shut down the computer and unplug all the major things from the wall. I even find all my charging electronics I.E iPod,PSP,DS, and other little knick Knacks I own. We are to cheap to own all these surge protectors you guys have.

[phen0m]

I have no surge protectors, and I never unplug anything. Ever.
I have been online before when my computer just shut off, but never been disconnected or anything else.

[nevermind1534]

The tuner in the TV that I have in my room, and the DVD player that was connected to the tv, even though it was plugged into the composite input died when lightning struck nearby. The old VCR that used to be plugged into the same jack also had its tuner killed by nearby lightning. The new tv and cable line are now connected to a surge protector.

[Helix666]

Heh... not long after I posted my above comment, we got hit by a bunch of powerfailures that took out my PC...
and just as I thought it was safe to restart it, out again. x.x

Thankfully, no FS damage (except to the external HDD, but I was meaning to format that anyhow.) and everything is still working.

Still can't afford a UPS, which is a shame.