Originally Posted by
hserus
Dodgy power is a fact of life all over india not just at these apartment hotels. Which is why my home has a UPS wired to a spike suppressor fitted datacenter grade power strip where I plug my laptop / PC etc into.
Even with "stable" BOM power supply, protected by a surge supressor/voltage stabilizer/UPS w/surge protection, one of my switches got zapped!

(nothing you try to do with help, in my experience!)