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Recently, a thunderstorm fried my PC’s power supply and its motherboard. Although I wasn’t home at the time, I am pretty sure it was the storm and lightning-related surge of some type that did it, and ...

I am using a Newpoint RX2000T Surge Protector that has a date code 96-05. I have been using this for a few years. Do surge protectors degrade over time, and should I be using this? I believe the ...