I'd just point out that now might be a good time to add a whole-house surge arrester and/or get a bunch of new surge arresting power strips for your hardware. They have a useful life measured in joules dissipated so replace them if they're old too or your cheap RAM (among other things) may let out the magic smoke one day.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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