18 Jan
2006
18 Jan
'06
2:06 a.m.
At 09:29 AM 1/17/06 +0100, you wrote:
Thanks for that remark, Pete!
I did not want to go into "pedantic" mode, but I was indeed
thinking about the capacitors in the EMI filter, but thought
that chances are very slim that they fail.
That hasn't been my experience. I've had EMI filters fail in two HP
1000s, my BBC Acorn and a couple of other vintage computers. I also live in
the lightning capital of the world (central Florida) and lightning doesn't
care if it's turned off or not so I unplug everything when I've not using it.
Joe