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Re:A fridge from 70 years ago has better features than the f... by jwells89 on Monday July 31, 2023 @10:18AM (#36942857)
I suspect that a great many problems with electronics, lifespan related and otherwise, are rooted in power quality issues.

The newer apartments and house I’ve lived in as an adult have been decent in that regard, probably because they’re closer to being up to spec electrically and have newer lines running to them thanks to being in urban areas, but one of my childhood homes out in the countryside which is now approaching a century in age had a “habit” of killing computers every so often.

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Re:A fridge from 70 years ago has better features than the f... by bombcar on Monday July 31, 2023 @10:28AM (#36943046)
A whole-home surge protector is something everyone should install, just out of general principles.

And if you have appliances/computers die, you should get your electricity monitored to see if it's out of bounds.

In fact, anytime an appliance dies you should do a post-mortem to try to identify if something about the house may have contributed to it (hard water, electrical spikes, etc).

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