[Ggcs-presentations] Fw: [Ggcs-consultants] Surge Protection

[bcbloch at juno.com]

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. Maybe one of the computer repair outfits could so something on general computer safety, including surge protectors, backup power gadgets, etc.? 

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From: Christian Harnish <charnish at mac.com>
To: "GGCS Group Consultant's SIG" 
Subject: [Ggcs-consultants] Surge Protection
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:50:59 -0800

Good morning,  I recently got a question about Surge Protectors and realize how little I know for sure. The original questions is: “How much Surge Protection do we need here in Northern California, where we rarely get thunder storms?" In looking on CNET I was surprised to see this:2. It's all about the joules.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.Any thoughts?Chris HarnishMacSupport: Technical Support for Apple Users415.927.2289 iPhonecharnish at mac.comSkype: chrisharnish  
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