On 17 May 2014 15:23, Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > > QUESTION: Don't they have surge protector adaptors in Goa?
Gabe, don't place Augusto on the backfoot because he lives in Goa! Instead, see: Do surge protectors actually protect from lightning damage? http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1228231 "It's always safer to shutdown & unplug during any storm." "Moose, I spent almost $90 for mine & it failed. The kicker is, there was a storm happening, albeit not too serious, but there was one flash to where I heard a click but with NO power fluctuations. I shut down the PC soon after. 15mins later, went to power it back up & got nothing." "Surge protectors help, but they don't always protect from every possible occurence of lightning strikes." "If your house gets struck directly (or a powerline very close by), no. But in most circumstances they will." "Protection against lightning strikes is indeed a very tricky thing to do, and a bunch of MOVs as found in most surge protectors will not do the trick unless the lightning strike is quite distant." Nothing on the planet can protect your computer from a lightening strike within a block or so of your house. Some of you guys must see a lot of lightning to kow so much about it i cant remember the last time i saw some... i feel well safe from it Lightning Myths: Surge protectors and UPS devices provide total lightning protection. http://stormhighway.com/surge_protectors_ups_lightning_protection_myth.php TRUTH: Unfortunately not. A common surge protector will stop voltage spikes and surges, but not the violent, catastrophic burst of current from a close lightning strike. Direct lightning current is simply too big to protect with a little electronic device inside a power strip, or even a hefty UPS unit. If your UPS or surge protector is in the way of the lightning's path, all or part of the lightning will just flash over or through the device - regardless of the amount of capacitors and battery banks involved. -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in
