Extra tip: Advise home owners that whenever a big storm is expected to hit their area, they should unplug appliances to
avoid power surges that may damage appliances and computers.
Not exact matches
And to
avoid brownouts and absorb these
surges, utilities will need to spend between $ 70 billion and $ 180 billion in grid upgrades —
power plants and futuristic energy storage systems for which ratepayers would ultimately foot the bill.
Vampire
power is getting easier to
avoid, as are pizza box - sized
surge protectors.
Levi's book The
Power Surge makes a persuasive case that Democrats and Republicans can at least
avoid mutual sabotage... Appeals for bipartisanship are often quixotic.
As long as you know to look for
surge protection, the product packaging (or web product listing) makes it easy to
avoid plain
power strips and find a
surge protector.