8 Jul
1999
8 Jul
'99
1:03 p.m.
Max Eskin <max82(a)surfree.com> wrote:
This is only true for overhead lines, and not when they are buried under
the street, correct? Actually, some of the main lines are fiber-optic now,
which shouldn't carry a surge.
Hi
Resent experiments in Florida with underground wires has shown
that even this doesn't stop a large strike. Fiber-optics
doesn't carry any current unless it is metal shielded
( to protect against roof rats and sewer rats ). Still
most people have wire lead-ins to their houses. The good
rule of thumb in a lightening storm is only use a cellular
phone and stay away from things like phones and TVs that
have wires going outside.
Dwight