"Thomas" wrote in message
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| Can anybody help me with this problem?
|
| I have someone living in my apartment while I am away. He has rung me
| up to say that in the last ten months THREE computers have "died" on him
| due to being connected to a socket in my apartment. (I think he's
| trying to make me feel guilty so that I will compensate him somehow.)
|
| He says that on each occasion his computers have been hit by a power
| surge. ...

It's not your problem. There's no way that there can be any surge that will
do that without smoking every light bulb unless it's a lightning strike
close by. He should check with his insurer to see if he is covered.

N