Second so called brownout today.

Here in Maluay/Malatapay we experience Black outs every Saturday and most Sundays, often for the entire day (and occasionally at night during the week), so far I have blown two Power Supplies in my PC and two Monitors as well as two Pedestal Fans, I assume due to the Brown outs?

I was taught a Black out is NO Power and a Brown out is when the voltage drops in and out where lights turn from White to dull Brown which is when you experience damage to any electrical Motors and other devices...

So far the Laptop has survived I assume because of the transformer-charger setup Vs. straight current which fluctuates during the Brown outs.

Can anyone suggest a GOOD RELIABLE Computer Store in Dumaguete who might be able to repair my PC or build a PC that is not cheap Chinese shyte like the monitor I bought from a well known (for Chinese rubbish) outlet store in the City as well as buy a GOOD UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) to hopefully spare my future PC the same fate?

I miss to be able to go to buy quality parts like in Oz to build/repair PC's :/

 

I bought my APC UPS from Octagon in the mall. Several stores in the area carry them including Lazada

 

Thanks AlwaysRt will check them out, I have a feeling I will be up for a new PC also so hopefully can do both in the same shop.

 

Seems like we are all overacting...there is no shortage of electricity in phls...

AboitizPower explores Myanmar, Indonesia amid PH power oversupply
Just our imagination.............................

 

Dang it anyhow, for the last hour I have actually been experiencing a REAL brown out. The power is there and then it fades to the point where my air conditioners slow to almost dead but the lights don't dim. Whether I have 1 or both aircons going they are both suffering the same loss of power. I supposed I should turn them off tonight but WTF its Sunday night and its not particularly hot so who's using all the power to make it fluctuate like this?

 

Maybe we are, I caught a little bit on a TV Doco yesterday of a foreigner complaining to the Hotel Desk in India about his hair dryer cutting out as he was drying his beard, the woman at the desk said it is common just a brown out, when he asked how common it was she replied "Oh only around 46 times a day Sir"... Makes me HAPPY I am in the Philippines!

 

I had a friend back in Oz who repaired Washing Machines and Refrigerators as a part of his Business and he told me to always switch off appliances during Blackouts to avoid the surge when the power came back on. BUT IF it was a Brownout UNPLUG STRAIGHT AWAY!! As it is the Brownouts that destroy any appliances that have an electric motor inside of them ESPECIALLY IF they are running at the time of the Brownout. I still follow that advice here as best I am able to as I believe it was very good advice...