On 4/2/2024 11:01 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 4/2/24 00:03, Just Kant via cctalk wrote:
Accordimg to certain individuals on this list, going back a few years,
electronics/computers can be damaged due to an electrical storm,
presumably very intense activity, even while off. Go look through the
archives.
I have had two incidents where nearby lightning strikes blew out
components on gear I had. Many years ago, I had two computers connected
by a parallel port cable, and chips on both ends were popped by a strike
that might have hit power lines about two blocks away.
About a decade ago, we had a lightning strike that hit trees half a
block away. It took out an ethernet port on one computer, and blew out
a bunch of stuff on a burglar alarm I had built. Both involved long
wire runs.
I have had lots of stuff taken out by lightening. Even when it
wasn't particularly close but hit a power line as much as a mile
away.
On a much more interesting note, I used to live in a cute little
farmhouse in New Windsor, NY. Our power came in a a line that
hung across the vacant lot next to me. About 500 yards. We took
a direct hit on that line one night. Dog got shocked by pulse
came thru the stone floor of the mud room. A TRS-80 was toast.
A modem was toast. TV and a few other household items. There
was a Terak 8510 not only plugged in but running at the time. It
didn't even reboot. Just kept on plugging along. Nobody made
them like DEC did.
bill
