This week there was a lightening event at my house. I use that term because I dont want to give the impression my house was struck by lightning. My son (who is living with us between semesters) was in my garage at the time with the door open. He said the light and the thunder happened at the same time, the thunder so loud he wanted to cover hi ears, the light so bright he closed his eyes, and he could feel static electricity in the air. The hair on his arms laterally stood up.
This event took out the control panel of my alarm system, the Ethernet plug on my cable modem, the Ethernet plugs on my router, the Ethernet plug on my Squeezebox Touch, and the output side of my integrated amp. All of this I guess would be the low voltage side of things. All of these components were plugged into surge protectors, but it really doesnt look like there was a surge on the mains. All the devices would power up. My cable company was able to communicate with the modem but no data would pass through the Ethernet plug. I have replaced the modem. The router could not receive anything. It too has been replaced. The Ethernet cables have been replaced between all devices. The Touch cant detect a wired connection anymore (even with the new modem, router, and cables). It will however connect wirelessly to the new router. This morning after getting everything back on line, I realized I had no sound from my amp. I tried a switching to a different coax input, still no sound. I took the Touch from my den system (which still works) but no joy. I switched to the RCA output of the second Touch, still no music. I guess I need to move one of my speakers to the den and see if it will play there. Is it even possible the wireless section of the router drew the static electricity into the low voltage side of these devices? -- CharlieG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CharlieG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88797
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