Re: [Elecraft] Lightning damage here
Don, Really sorry to hear that. I empathize. We lost two major appliances late June when the Derecho hit Virginia with 75 mph winds and a lightning show like I haven't seen in many years. That lightning hit was not direct, but we heard the snap in the house. It came through a wall receptacle in the family room and literally blew a hole in the hardwood floor. Luckily, all my radio and computer equipment was spared, I think, due to my running around the house, as the storm approached, and unplugging everything I could and having greatly improved my grounding system based upon many a good discussion here on this reflector. We got hit, again last night and my vertical took a hit (I saw it), it blew out the gas discharge protectors I had in-line and the 2 inch grounding strap at outside copper bus plate is black and melted. But, I also had solid 2 AWG going from that plate to ground ( 8 rods, one every four feet). I wish you the very best. 73, Greg K2UM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Lightning damage here
I am currently computer handicapped because of a nearby lightning strike last evening. I think I have accessed the damage, but there may be more to be revealed once more devices come on-line. It seems the damage propagated via the wired Ethernet connections - I lost 3 (maybe 4) computers on my home network, a router, 2 network switches and the NAS file server. Fortunately, the file server (which contains all backup data) only lost the Ethernet connect capability - the files are still intact. What I am saying is that I will be limping along until the equipment I ordered comes in and can be placed in service. So if you send me email and do not get a prompt response, it may be because my P-P network is in the process of being updated. I expect it will be mid-next-week before I have everything up and running again. NO damage to any of the ham gear, and I attribute that to a good grounding system coupled with having all the radio gear connected to dummy loads during the disturbance. 73, Don W3FPR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Lightning damage here
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: a nearby lightning strike last evening That is a bummer, Don. Lightning can make its way throughout the house by various evil means. A few years ago a strike hit a tree across the street, traveled across the crown of nearby trees to our roof, thence into the house wiring and fried a TV set, the lawn-sprinkler system, the microwave, the sound card in my son's laptop, the display on my FT-1000MP, and my 2M/440 base-station radio. If it wants to get you, it will. Good luck getting things back to normal. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
