On Aug 12, 1:29 am, SparkyGuy wrote:
Scary are those who only want to cure symptoms.

In this particular situation, the building will be bulldozed in less than a
year. Building management is not about to have a major repair done on
the electric supply for the building in this time period.

But I was suggesting minor repair such as a wire pushed into the
back of a receptacle instead of wrapped around the screw, a loose
screw inside the breaker box, a miswire that somehow disconnected the
safety ground causing significant voltage where voltage should not be,
etc. A problem quickly identified with the meter or isolated by
temporarily powering router/modem from the 50 foot extension cord.
Obviously no expensive solution was proposed. But spending $500 for
fix what may even be a defective $50 router design AND not even
knowing that AC electric is a problem - that is a major and expensive
repair.

One does not throw money at problems like it were a grenade. One
first identified a simple problem. Especially when one does not even
have to be there when router locks up to see why. Posted elsewhere is
another better idea.