Power Spike question

[James Knott]

John McGregor wrote:
> Hi Folk,
>       I have a question about possible damage from a power spike. I was
> at a client's home today and his Win XP computer was erroring out with a
> missing DLL message, his printer was dead (as was the wall receptacle
> into which the printer was plugged). The computer was surge protected
> but the printer was not and the printer was connected to the computer
> via a usb cable. Could a power spike from the bad wall receptacle have
> taken out the printer and then also affected the computer via the usb
> connection?
>   

Most "surge protectors" don't do much and yes, a surge could come in via
any cable.

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