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Re:I Nearly Lost All of My Data by 300bps on Saturday January 19, 2019 @07:42PM (#18950216)
I re-read the article twice and didn’t see him mention he didn’t have a surge suppressor. Did I miss it or are you assuming that he didn’t have a surge suppressor?

As others have said, electronics can get fried by power surges while plugged into even commercial grade surge suppressors. Home grade surge suppressors provide even less protection.

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Re:I Nearly Lost All of My Data by daveFNbuck on Sunday January 20, 2019 @02:40AM (#18951730)
He didn't mention having one either. It's weird not to mention anything at all about surge protection in a story about a power surge destroying important equipment. I'd assume if he had one he'd mention the state it was in after his equipment was destroyed.
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