Kind of hard to evaluate if it worked or not but I can say the only thing I every lost due to lightning was a phone modem. I put a surge arrestor in from this company about 25 years ago. I know a neighbor who lost a control board in a dishwasher after a close strike. Here:
http://deltala.com/mcart/index.cgi Our now defunct local electrical supply warehouse had them in stock back then. I'd like to think it worked but even if not I got my money's worth in "feeling better" about it being there. I'm not aware of my power company (JCP&L) even offering any devices but if these are functional equal it would not take that long to pay for itself if the charge was $3 a month. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR On 6/18/2011 11:42 AM, Larry stowell wrote: > Pete > It came in on the cable and I'm not sure about the AC, it was selective on > what it effected. > > I'll look into the whole house surge protector. > > 73 Larry K1ZW > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:05 AM > To: Larry stowell > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Be Careful in Lightning Season > > Hi Larry - ouch! It would be worth some effort to track down what the > entry path was. From the wide variety of devices affected, I suspect > the AC service. We have a big surge protector right at the meter, > courtesy of the power company, and I'm pretty well convinced it is worth > the $3/month rent. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
