by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 01/28/2017 at 15:18
by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 01/28/2017 at 15:18
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Here’s what happens to computers in old houses with ancient wiring:
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/28/2017 at 15:22, STARS: 0
Ouch.
"Mattbob" (mattbob)
01/28/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
I wouldn’t blame the wiring on this one. Electrolytic caps age poorly. Looks like they may have leaked and shorted out that chip.
"boredalways" (boredalway666)
01/28/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 0
Damn. Glad it didn’t catch fire. You just reminded me that I need to buy a new CyberPower UPS.
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
01/28/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 0
My friend lives in a 100+ year old building. His rent is dirt cheap, probably because nothing has really been updated in at least 60 years. Rusty water, sagging floors and drafts from every opening. Many of the electrical outlets are not grounded, and I’d be willing to bet that the three-prong outlets aren’t actually grounded.
I refer to his home as the place where electronics go to die, but I don’t know how much of that is the house and how much is him (he had destroyed a couple of mice that served me without problems for years).
The new owner of the building has promised him one of the other three units if a tenant moves out, but given the quality of the contractors he hires I wonder how good the other units really are; they look OK on the surface but I wonder if the systems have been updated.