At 3:42 AM +0200 5/7/06, Listar wrote:
>Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 11:11:04 -0300
>Subject: [OM] Re: OT computer advice needed
>From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>on 6/05/2006 00:27, RMcFet at rmcfet@xxxxxxxxxx, wrote:
>
>> Fernando
>> How stable is the electricity (ie brown outs and fluctuations) in
>> Uruguay?
>Fairly stable, thanks God. No fluctuations, but blown outs occur once in a
>while, most often in my own home due to a shunt-interruptor (I'm inventing
>this word right now since I know of no translation _ we call it
>'disyuntora'). I can bypass it, as did with my audio equipment.
Bypass the circuit breaker? Not a good idea - it's a good way to
burn the house down.
Sounds like the circuit is overloaded, and needs to be upgraded by an
electrician.
Joe Gwinn
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