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Can a human unknowingly cause electronics to malfunction.

Why do I short circuit electronics? In the past two years I have crashed two printers (one was a year old the other 2 months), three lap tops (all within a year of the purchase, the last one with in 8 months of it's purchase), one monitor (two years old), one back up hard drive (not even a month old). I think this is too much bad electronic luck for coincidence. Can a person's stress level affect other items in their lives. I work on the computer, so I am with my electronics at least 8 hours a day.

I am adding more information since this has been mentioned as a possible electrical malfunction. Not all the electronics are in the same place. Some are in my home office, some are in my work office and some are in a warehouse. The electronics are not together in one location. If they were I could see that it could be an electrical problem, but it seems unlikely that I would have electrical problems everywhere. Also: My partner has his computer equipment and printers in the same places. He has a different office in our house and he has a separate office in the warehouse. None of his electronics are having the difficulties that mine seem to have. Any more ideas out there?


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Home improvement projects, "Get'er done."

I have heard of this before. Some people give off more electricity than others, but it is very rare what you are talking about. Let’s consider another scenario. If all or most of these electronics are being used in one location such as your home or at your place of employment, it could be as simple as an electrical problem.

Posted 2009-08-26T06:05:57Z
 
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Victims of circumstance owe it to fate. Victims of choice owe it to themselves.

My dentist does not wear a watch because they always stop.

Posted 2009-08-26T06:21:21Z
 
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I was wondering why the baseball kept getting bigger.

Then it hit me.

My sister says the same thing, and that it's not limited to watches, but other electronics. I don't believe it, but there you go.

To study it more, a related topic is SLI -- because street lights have a thing they do where they shut off sometimes then after cooling down come back on again, many people because they are there when it happens, begin to think they cause it. It started the phrase "street light interference" or SLI. They call themselves "SLIders".

Posted 2009-08-26T21:19:41Z
 

Yahh its called destruction

 

Posted 2009-08-27T01:10:58Z
 

"James" is absolutely correct.  You should check the voltage in your house.  if it is too high (above 123v) or too low (below 116v) you will burn out any sensitive electronics rather quickly.  As a former troubleshooter for a power company I have seen this many times.  Also "SLI" isnt the cause of the streetlights going out.  The light is cycling, usually indicating to those who maintain them that the light is failing and should be replaced/repaired.

 

 

Posted 2009-08-28T02:22:39Z
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I think that the warehouse is better than one monitor

Posted 2009-08-28T22:37:50Z
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     A frequent cause of "burnout" are voltage "spikes" (or surges), which can happen at many different locations, and are not limited only to your home, but which frequently occur on a power grid. Such a surge can burn out the device power supply (Is this what hapened to your devices?).

The common precaution, which solves the problem most of the time, is the SURGE ARRESTOR -- a small, inexpensive device which is connected between the electric outlet and the device power input. I recommend that you install these with any device that you want to protect, especially computers & TV's.

Posted 2009-08-30T20:55:46Z
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     A frequent cause of "burnout" are voltage "spikes" (or surges), which can happen at many different locations, and are not limited only to your home, but which frequently occur on a power grid. Such a surge can burn out the device power supply (Is this what hapened to your devices?).

The common precaution, which solves the problem most of the time, is the SURGE ARRESTOR -- a small, inexpensive device which is connected between the electric outlet and the device power input. I recommend that you install these with any device that you want to protect, especially computers & TV's.

Posted 2009-08-30T20:55:51Z
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