[CLUG] [OT] modems and lightning..

[Jerry Walsh]

May not be exactly what you're looking for but
I use an MGE UPS, it's got power and phoneline surge protection, 
and of course the benefit of it being a UPS ;)

About 100 squid if you shop around ....

Jerry.

According to Donncha O Caoimh:
> What I really need is something that protects the modem from the phone
> line. The fuses in the house tripped before any equipment was damaged
> but there's no fuse on the phone line coming into the house :(
> As it is/was an internal modem it could have been a lot worse, picture
> the sight of burning plastic falling on the graphics card, or bits of
> shrapnel from an exploding modem embedded in the CPU or memory.. ;)
> 
> D.
> 
> Fergal Moran wrote:
> > 
> > Woodies out by the Kinsale Rd Roundabout sell surge protecting 4 gang
> > extensions for about £30.  Dunno if they are any good but they are
> > advertised as protecting hi-fi and computer equipment.  If you want to pay a
> > bit more - I have a fairly high-end hi-fi that I protect using a surge
> 
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