A fierce legal battle has ensued down under, with regard to whose fault it is, when equipment is damaged due to poor power quality. Is it the billing provider? Is it the grid company? Or should the customer just have known better?
Ok, maybe it’s not that fierce but an interesting article nevertheless, although it’s written by lawyers so you need to go over it several times to have a clue what’s it’s all about. You can read it here.
Well, it looks like the answer they’ve come to in NZ is that it depends, but it looks like the retailers will be educating their customers on the benefits of surge suppression and Uninterruptible Power Supplies. About time too.
