2 Apr
2024
2 Apr
'24
3:01 p.m.
On 4/2/24 00:03, Just Kant via cctalk wrote:
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.
Jon