Wow! We’ve been flat knackers at work. Who would have thought that it would be as busy as it is? Crikey, I’ve barely had time to scratch my butt. Lots of lightning activity has made Power Supplies the most sought after item in the shop. About this time each year, power supplies are regularly frizzled by lightning strikes and surges through the phone line into modems can cause a lot of damage to system boards and devices attached via USB cables. Oddly, it is usually the crappier and cheaper items that survive the lightning attacks, leaving the more expensive and important items in a state of crisp, sometimes darkened lifelessness.

Murphy got it right when he said that an expensive picture tube would protect a 2 cent fuse by blowing first. With good power supplies costing between 60-200 dollars, the demand for them usually sees people opting for the lesser quality and far less reliable brands over the more dependable and higher ratings of the superior units.

It’s not surprising that we have a greater demand for the under $60 range of power supplies. There are still the odd people who come in asking for 1kw PSU’s for under $80. Dreamers…

The movie “The Castle” comes to mind from time to time. Ah well. Better go and get back to surfing. The internet awaits me. Cya later.