Re: UPS workaround?

On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:35:24 -0400
Eben King <[email protected]> wrote:


>  This time I ordered a surge suppressor too,
> because that's how I think this one died.  I live near Tampa.fl.us;
> lotsa lightning here.
> 

That's generally what lightning eats. Even if a suppressor appears to
be working after a strike, it can be damaged and not do its job next
time. I've had a phone answering machine confused after a strike but
came back on rebooting. A later strike killed it. I had an even earlier
machine, one with a cassette for recording, killed on the first one.

We are much more likely to see lightning down the phone line than on the
mains. Not for much longer of course, the copper is going this year or
next.