Protecting Your Electronics
by Nikki Willhite
How many pieces of advice do we get that we ignore? If you are
like me, it is far too many. This is one of those articles that is an
illustration of why you should heed advice, taken from personal experience.
We are told that we should get surge protectors for our
computers, televisions and other electronics. I think we all do it for our
computers, if for no other reason then we need the extra sockets to plug in
printers, scanners, etc.
We are also told to protect our televisions. Unfortunately, most
of us do not feel as compelled to do that.
Last Christmas one of my sons and his new wife bought a brand
new television and a VCR for themselves as their gift to each other .This
Christmas, they have neither.
They awoke one morning a few weeks ago, after a rather stormy
night, to find that neither one of them were working. We had an electric storm,
and it "fried" them.
As of this writing, the television is in the shop. It was
still under warranty for parts but not for labor. The VCR wasn't worth the cost
to fix it. It would have cost $100 to fix what could have been prevented by a
$5.00 surge protector. Lesson learned.
About the Author: Nikki Willhite,
mother of 3 and an interior design graduate, has been writing and publishing
articles on the topic of
frugal living for over a
decade. Visit her at
www.frugalhappyfamilies.com
- where you will find hundreds of frugal living tips and articles. Frugal
Happy Families- more than just money! Article first published at
www.allthingsfrugal.com