Lightning strike!
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: A Hop from Heaven, a Skip from Sanity and a Jump from the Good Life....
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Glad you guys are ok... We have terrible power surges in our area.. we have lost and replaced sooooooo many things.. tvs, treadmill, oven, water heater, foodsaver, toaster oven, alarm clocks, modems, 3n1 printers to name a few... the big screen tvs, flat screen and the computers were/ARE on the 'best' surge protectors.. as well as my sewing machines when they are plugged in.
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Finger Lakes, NY
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We unplug my sewing machine, our two computers and our printer after using them. Not only does it remove the threat of an electrical surge, it also saves electricity.
any electrical device that is turned off but still has lights lit to turn it on faster uses a lot of elctricity. I read that 25% of the average electric bill is for just such appliances.
any electrical device that is turned off but still has lights lit to turn it on faster uses a lot of elctricity. I read that 25% of the average electric bill is for just such appliances.
#14
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: AR
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Glad you and hubby are okay. That same storm system came through here a little later. We got about 2 inches of rain with lots of thundering and lightening.
I live in Jonesboro so we're not too far away from you.
I live in Jonesboro so we're not too far away from you.
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