- Joined
- Jun 12, 2001
- Location
- Dorchester UK
We have been unfortunate to experience a few big electrical storms in my area. Being the coward that I am, soon as I see a flash thats it all power is turned off and electrical equipment unplugged. Power and leads go back in half hour after I see the last flash. This almost certainly saved me last year, after the biggest storm I have ever seen. Big bang overhead we awoke to find our appartment building intercom melted.
Like many people I was always under the assumption that anti-surge would protect me if hit. A recent trip to my local computer store soon convinced me that this is not the case. After a big strike the "bolt" came in through the phone lines and possibly the earth. Everyone visiting the store thought that they were safe using anti-suge, but dead components lay scattered around the store, mostly modems, but a few CPU's and motherboards. Why risk damaging your equipment or even worse your heath by leaving electrical gear left plugged in. Don't think that just because the sky clears up its safe, it is thought lightning can strike up to 15 miles from a cloud
You can find simple guidlines on safetyHere . I would rather see someone lose 2hrs "playtime" than a computer or worse and sadly its that time of year again
Like many people I was always under the assumption that anti-surge would protect me if hit. A recent trip to my local computer store soon convinced me that this is not the case. After a big strike the "bolt" came in through the phone lines and possibly the earth. Everyone visiting the store thought that they were safe using anti-suge, but dead components lay scattered around the store, mostly modems, but a few CPU's and motherboards. Why risk damaging your equipment or even worse your heath by leaving electrical gear left plugged in. Don't think that just because the sky clears up its safe, it is thought lightning can strike up to 15 miles from a cloud
You can find simple guidlines on safetyHere . I would rather see someone lose 2hrs "playtime" than a computer or worse and sadly its that time of year again