Really scary problem

peanutbudder said:

I would almost say with certainty that you are experiencing power spikes that are killing your psu's. I lived in a older apartment building built in the late seventies and went through two power supplies and countless DVR boxes from AT&T. I called PG&E when my new tv power brick died and they informed that the wiring for my complex wasn't up to code and needed to be replaced. I moved three months later and one year after that complex had an electrical fire that burned three units to the ground.

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knoober said:

My only question here -- and lets be sure to mention that I dont have any knowledge in this area, but am simply asking for clarity-- is could such a think fry his UPS as well. I can wrap my mind around a built up charge moving backward through the line and toasting on component, but I would think that a UPS would be shielded against such things and would survive.

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