Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ncar!boulder!stevens From: stevens@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Curt Stevens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: power variations Message-ID: <5349@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 15 Dec 88 18:07:25 GMT References: Sender: news@boulder.Colorado.EDU Reply-To: stevens@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Curt Stevens) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 27 In article jm7l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joseph S. Mertz) writes: >The blower motor in my apartment furnace comes on regularly and causes >the lights to dim for about a second. Does anyone have any idea hardened >my Mac SE is to these variations? Anyone have any experience with >Mac's and trashy power? I've got the Mac plugged into a cheap surge >protector and I would prefer avoiding an expensive line tamer unless >needed. I had the same problems in my apartment, but caused by the weird weather instead of a blower moter. My MacII is plugged into a surge supressing power strip which is plugged into a surge supressed wall socket (both of these were pretty cheap items). The macII is the only thing in my house that never reacts to power spikes. My TV and stereo are both plugged only into a surge supressed wall socket and they both exhibit a little flicker on power spikes. So I suggest you try using a second supressor before spending a lot of money on a power conditioner. =============================================================================== |Curt Stevens (303)492-1218 | / | E-MAIL: | |University of Colorado at Boulder | o o | ------- | |Computer Science Department | | |arpa: stevens@boulder.colorado.edu| |Campus Box 430 | \_/ |csnet: stevens@boulder.csnet| |Boulder, Colorado 80309 | |uucp:{ncar|nbires}!boulder!stevens| =============================================================================== ======== | Curt | ========