Friday, September 14
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Not just my air conditioner, but also my dishwasher and my oven pull the voltage down enough to reset my external drive.
Western Digital has to be getting complaints about this thing.
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Not just my air conditioner, but also my dishwasher and my oven pull the voltage down enough to reset my external drive.
Western Digital has to be getting complaints about this thing.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at
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I think you need a UPS.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Friday, September 14 2007 03:07 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, September 14 2007 06:14 PM (PiXy!)
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That reminds me... my UPS for my network appliances is shot. *sigh* I keep ignoring it because it's not hurting anything, just sitting there being a very expensive surge protector - but I should do something about it. LOL.
Posted by: Teresa at Saturday, September 15 2007 12:14 AM (rVIv9)
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Know a good electrician? I'd check your AC for loose/oxidized connections (= high-resistance) in the service entrance, meter base, and distribution panel. Also bad circuit breakers. Don't know Aussie electrical standards, but in U.S. systems another cause for voltage fluctuations under load is bad bonding/connection of the neutral wire. Also, are your conductors aluminum rather than copper? (Early - 1960s vintage - Al installations had a host of potential problems involving connections/terminations, most of which turned up years after construction.)
Posted by: Old Grouch at Sunday, September 16 2007 01:27 AM (uKJ7j)
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Good advice, but my house is only two years old, and I have other external drives that aren't affected. This drive has a power supply half the size of the others; I think they just cut one too many corners.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sunday, September 16 2007 02:25 AM (PiXy!)
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