2 Apr
2024
2 Apr
'24
7:24 p.m.
On Apr 2, 2024, at 3:17 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 4/2/2024 11:01 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
I used to have problems until I put substantial panel-mounted surge protectors both at the
main power entry and at the panels of the barns. Since then, all good. Phone and cable
are also protected, and all those protectors are mounted on a sheet of copper connected
directly to the main panel shell and the main ground.
paul
On 4/2/24 00:03, Just Kant via cctalk wrote:
I have had lots of stuff taken out by lightening. Even when it
wasn't particularly close but hit a power line as much as a mile
away. Accordimg to certain individuals on this list,
going back a few years, electronics/computers can be damaged due to an electrical storm,
presumably very intense activity, even while off. Go look through the archives.
I have had two incidents where nearby lightning strikes blew out components on
gear I had. Many years ago, I had two computers connected by a parallel port cable, and
chips on both ends were popped by a strike that might have hit power lines about two
blocks away.
About a decade ago, we had a lightning strike that hit trees half a block away. It took
out an ethernet port on one computer, and blew out a bunch of stuff on a burglar alarm I
had built. Both involved long wire runs.