<html><div>Chris Harnish posted this on the Consultant's SIG List. It occurs to me it might be a good Gen. Mtg subject...thunder storms don't even consider outages that we get so often with just plain hard rain.</div>
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<div>Maybe one of the computer repair outfits could so something on general computer safety, including surge protectors, backup power gadgets, etc.?</div>
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<div><br><br>Please note: forwarded message attached<br><br>From: Christian Harnish <charnish@mac.com><br>To: "GGCS Group Consultant's SIG" <br>Subject: [Ggcs-consultants] Surge Protection<br>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:50:59 -0800<br><br></div>
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<div class="">I recently got a question about Surge Protectors and realize how little I know for sure.</div>
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<div class="">The original questions is: </div>
<blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">“How much Surge Protection do we need here in Northern California, where we rarely get thunder storms?"</blockquote>
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<div class="">In looking on CNET I was surprised to see this:</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: 'Proxima Nova', Proxima-Nova, proxima-nova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Surge protectors offer protection in amounts called joules. Think of this like a reservoir of protection. If a product has 1,000 joules of protection, that means it can take ten 100 joule hits, or one 1,000 joule hit. Generally, the more joules the better.</div>
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<div>Any thoughts?</div>
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