[Noisebridge-discuss] Vacuum Surge

[Jonathan Lassoff]

Excerpts from Jason Dusek's message of Thu Jul 02 13:34:00 -0700 2009:
>   So today I am at Noisebridge while Gina is vacuuming. I went
>   upstairs and sat on the couches and plugged in my MacBook Air.
>   Gina shut off the vacuum and turned it back on and my MacBook
>   Air immediately shutdown. 

Yikes, is it ok?

>   Why does this happen? It was plugged
>   into the power strip -- shouldn't that protect my computer?

The strip on the wall that says "RadioShack" is just a plastic box with
plugs in it -- no protection.

--j