On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:38 PM, gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> wrote: > 4 machines died on me in the space of 2 months. you and i are still > here, but perhaps the machines were mayan? well none of them were > exactly new. and then my 9yo daughter looks shocked and says the > computer buzzed her. i touch what she touched, floor grate and > computer chassis, and buzzo. so perhaps improper grounding might be a > factor in mobo deaths? and/or other power faults? what do any of you > recommend? a certain test gizmo? city of saint paul electrical > inspection? > > All of my electrical equipment (computers, DVD/Blue-Ray, TV, etc) are plugged into either an APC SmartUPS with a battery for power conditioning. Or, if they don't require that, an APC SurgeArrest. They have wiring fault indicators on them which is basically a ground test. -- -Shawn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130103/ef2a4ab8/attachment.html>