[Gooserider]

I've been involved in a thread about disaster management for a while, and one of the things we don't seem to have is a collection of data about just what kind of 'disasters' people experience with their WC systems.

I define a WC disaster as a malfunction in the WC system that could (or should) have resulted in permanent damage to the hardware. I want to see what kind of problems people actually encounter, what sorts of protective measures you use, and how effective they are.

Please check the box for the type of problem you've had, and then tell your tale of woe. What happenned? What caused it (if you can figure that out)? If a particular component failed, what kind / brand was it? What kind of damage did you experience? What did you do to protect against this kind of problem, and did it work? Is there something you should have done differently to have prevented the problem? Anything else you think is relevant?

This survey is primarily aimed at WC issues, I'm not particularly interested in pelt, HSF, or other non-WC failures, unless they were caused by WC problems, or caused WC problems.

Who knows, if we get enough responses to be meaningful, it might be possible to make this into a sticky, or turn it into a 'disaster prevention' article.