I love technology!

So after spending 10 plus hours on the road yesterday, I get home to reports of a dead home computer. Upon further review this morning, the computer is not dead, but surge protector is fried. Trip one to Best Buy to get a more robust Surge protector with battery backup. Still no Internet connection. After several calls, trip number two, down to Time Warner to get a replacement Modem (was not on the surge protector, crap). Now I have hard wire connectivity after two more calls to initialize the modem. Trip number three, back to Best Buy to get a new wireless router and a second surge protector. A mere $300, three trips out and twelve hours later, we are a connected house again with all PCs operational, Yipee!

Now here's the question to ponder....

Let me set the stage. The problem affected two different circuits (aka different breakers) in the house. On one circuit, one outlet with two surge protectors, and only one surge protector is fried. On the other circuit, only the modem and wireless router blew up. No other damage to anything else in the house, no electrical storms for months. None of my neighbors had anything similar nor did they see anything funny with power.

What happened??

Gremlins, that's all I'm saying.

Like I said you have to love technology (or not). At least I got to remember how much of my troubleshooting technique I have forgotten over the last few years. Three trips out is embarrassing.......