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Adrian C wrote:
Davey wrote:
The switched mode PSU found in PC's will smooth out any voltage
surges anyway, so the surge protecting sockets are moot! I've never
heard of anyone's PC from crashing because of a voltage spike.


Depends how crap the power supply is and how the intensity of the last
and final noise it made before its caps spewed the guts. A spike will
trigger that, and the customer will make the journey back to PC World
for the surge protector for their next attempt at IT.


Kerching