Bugger!!!!

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

This is why I'm getting surge protectors for all electrical equipment when i move into our new place in just over 2 weeks!

Sydney has a long history of haveing storms like these!

LOL I've GOT a surge protector for the PC and the room plus trip switches in the main box for the house! That's what peeves! It's supposed to have an equipment warranty on it so I'll be testing that when I know what the Butchers bill is.

The weird thing is that only one of the 3 circuits in the house got hit but none of the trips got triggered and all of the other equipment connected to the SP works (monitors, printer, scanner modems etc). The reason I know only one circuit got hit was that none of the digital clocks that were on the other two circuits was flashing when I got home but the one clock on the same circuit as my rig was flashing. Don't ya just love when electricty becomes unpredictable?:hmm:

For those interested this is the SP I'm using:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=173139

It's supposed to be one of the best on the market and I bought it specifically because of the unlimited warranty. Claiming will be interesting.

[seafarer]

I once had a machine get fried when on a Belkin 900VA UPS. I filed the claim and they ponied up the replacement money, true to their word (in the warranty). I did have to send the burnt out UPS to them so they could verify it failed to isolate my equipment like it was supposed to.

My current windows box is on a Belkin 1200VA UPS now - their Bulldog shutdown software is the best UPS monitoring&shutdown software I've ever used.

[TarJak]

Good to hear they coughed up. Problem is it looks like there is no damage to the Belkin SP.:hmm: All the other kit plugged into it still works and the point where the puta was plugged into still appears to work. Might have to get them to crack open the case to see inside if there is any damage but it all looks good externally and is "operable".