James,

The first consideration to maintaining quality power to your computer is
to have a dedicated circuit. This will help to prevent your voltage from
being drawn down from other household appliances such as vacuums, hair
dryers etc. A surge protector will only work when you have a voltage
spike.

A high quality Interruptible Power Supply will be just the ticket for
those "brown outs".

Your friend might be surprised at how inexpensive it would be to have an
electrician run a circuit to your computer. It should be less money than
the cost of a high quality power supply.

Lee

"James E. Griffin" wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Got a client with a power problem at home. His two computers, and
> assorted peripherals, were on surge protectors.
>
> When I went over to see what was wrong with a modem, his wife was
> vacuuming another room. Noticed the other computer re-booting. Yup, too
> much drain on the circuit; checked the breaker box in basement,
> professional install, everything up to code. Despite the surge
> protectors -- you can't depend on this stuff entirely -- his modem
> became an expensive fuse.
>
> While I'm familiar with the problems of power conditioning, it's not
> what I do for a living. I'll throw this out to the list to see what
> other folk recommend. While my client is looking for a low cost solution
> if possible, I'd like to hear other folk's options.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Griffin
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