Anyone’s printer die when you turn the lights on/off? This sort of thing might be what you need. Tip comes with thanks to @Catalin_Voinescu who shoed me something similar for his Shapeoko electronics.
Originally shared by HACKADAY
We work with some dangerous circuits in the pursuit of cool hacks. High voltage, high current, all demand some respect. We can protect our bodies easily enough, but what about that fancy new laptop or Macbook? [David] is here to help with his isolated…
http://hackaday.com/2014/04/27/galvanic-isolated-ftdi-saves-your-computer