[Tfug] [OT] Voltage Spikes and Drops

[Malcolm Schmerl]

Tyler Nienhouse wrote:
> Ever since I moved into my current house, I have had one big problem. 
> I'm not completely sure what it is, but my guess is that it has to do 
> with voltage spikes and drops.
>
> In the living room of this house, the electronics have a tough life. 
> Almost every time there is a change in electrical usage in the house 
> (for example, dish washer cycles changing), something messes up in the 
> living room. At the moment, the only thing that messes up often is the 
> Comcast digital cable receiver, but other things like monitors and 
> even the wireless router get messed up.
>
> The monitor is no longer affected, because it has been replaced, and 
> old router was replaced after it's wireless signal went out almost 
> every 10 minutes (but the new one is having some occasional glitches 
> too). They are now running perfectly in another room of the house.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what is going on? (All of the 
> electronics mentioned were plugged into various surge protectors.)
> --
> Tyler
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org
>   
This might be just a matter of torquing down the input lead connectors 
in your box.