Bill,
I can second that. I have a utility entrance surge protector
installed. I also have a Tripp-Lite surge protector as 'extra'
protection for everything in the hamshack. We had a close electrical
strike last summer. Nothing died as a result of being connected to the
AC mains, but it somehow jumped onto the wired Ethernet home network. I
lost 4 computers, a NAS file server, two switches, the router, and an
access point. It tripped all the GFCI receptacles in the outbuilding
(which does not have a surge protection but has separately metered power
feed). Only one GFCI breaker/receptacle in the house was tripped, so
something worked.
Yes, all antennas are grounded and the radios are connected to a dummy
load when the antenna switching system is powered down, so no radio damage.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 1/14/2013 4:05 PM, William Levy wrote:
Gents,
I do not think it is worthwhile to buy surge protection for individual
items.
I live in NW CO and we have thunderstorms all summer and for years I used
surge protectors individually until my electrician suggested I put surge
protectors on my electric panels coming into my house, shacks, barns, guest
houses, library etc. So each building out west now has a surge protector on
the electrical panel which hisses and clicks during thunderstorms and of
course we tend to unplug ham sets and tv's and hi fi's and wifi's and all
the rest of the stuff.
Nothing man makes can protect your electronics from a direct hit to your
antennas or house and by direct I mean within 100 feet. Try as you might
it's bigger than us. So unplug and ground all antennas all the time.
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