Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!ziploc!eps From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Power Surges Message-ID: <1508@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Date: 25 Apr 91 00:56:44 GMT References: <2481@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> <7304@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Distribution: usa Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 14 In article <7304@mace.cc.purdue.edu> asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes: >However, I would like to be able to check the 'cleanness' of the power >in a old house I'll be living in for the next year or so. Does anyone >know of a way to check the power for excessive noise or such? I'm no >EE, so if my thinking is all bunk, a kind word would be appreciated! Part of site prep for a commercial "computer room" involves letting a "power monitor" sit there for a few days. It's a small box with a cash register-type tape that records voltage levels and "interesting" events. I assume this is something one can rent? -=EPS=-