Off topic discussion • Re: Questions That Are stuck or overthinking it

Get a small UPS. Repeated hard drops due to power loss can corrupt the SD card. If the power doesn't come back on cleanly, you may fry the PSU (due to voltage spikes), and could--potentially--take out the Pi as well (depending how the PSU fails).

You mean my android charging brick will be fried

Or raspberry pi zero 2W?

I use A high quality android charging brick
It was for nothing phone 1


NOTE It happened on my nothing phone 1 but the android charging brick did not fried and nothing phone 1 too

The greatest risk is corrupting the contents of the SD card. next greatest risk is damaging your "charging brick" (since it is directly connected to the mains). If the "charging brick" fails, it may take the Pi with it, depending on failure mode.

I can think of several reasons why you get these power problems in wet weather. It could be anything from water getting into distribution equipment (switches and transformers), to general, intermittent shorts, to lightning strikes on or near power lines. All of those can lead to sags, short drops, and surges. It's mostly the surges that will do actual damage. I can't tell you what to do, but if I were in that situation, I'd want as much protection as I could afford between the wall socket and my Pi. I live where power is reasonably reliable, but even here, *everything* electronic I run--modem/router, data switches, KVM switches, printers, Pis and other computers--is behind a UPS and surge protector.

Statistics: Posted by Awtterservice — Fri Mar 07, 2025 11:19 am