Back when I was on dial-up, I lost all of my modems and the well pump
that was 450' down to a nearby lightning hit during a surprise
thunderstorm one night. Nothing else was damaged, and that kind of
random effect, I am told, is not unusual.
I have all of my computer and audio gear plugged into power strips, and
I just pull the plug out of the wall socket and remove the DSL line when
lightning is expected.
Mike
Steve Rigby wrote:
On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Once an hour at the Franklin Institute. I wonder if they still do this?
I lost a bunch of stuff from a lightning hit. It took out a computer,
which was unplugged and disconnected from the telephone line, buy
entering via the audio inputs and outputs which I had connected to audio
gear. I also lost a couple of channels in my audio mixer, and some
audio processing stuff at the same time, as well as other electronic
items. That was not my first time losing stuff to lightning either. No
type of surge protection can ever guard against such power. You gotta
unplug it all when those storms come unless you are ready to pay the
price, and that season will soon be upon us again.
Steve
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