8 Jul
1999
8 Jul
'99
11:47 a.m.
On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Dwight Elvey wrote:
For most things, the surge protectors on phone lines
are OK
but if you are within a 1/2 mile or so of a lightning hit on
the phone line, even shielded lines, those small MOVs that
they put on modems are history. Phone lines, and well protected
phone lines at that, are one of the most common sources
of lightning electrocution.
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.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
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