Do you typically unplug your machines during boomers, or leave them
plugged in?
I purchased a UPS/line conditioner back when I lived in an upstairs
apartment and my computer collection consisted of a 486 PC and QBUS
DECsystem 5400.
I did not suffer a lightning strike, but rain blew a surprising distance
in an open window across the room on my UPS and shorted it out during a
particularly bad T-storm. Fortunately I was in the next room when it
happened since it emitted impressive sparks.
Since then, I have a house with a basement and the collection has expanded
a great deal but I try to disconnect and power off all the equipment not
doing anything important during flashy storms.
Now there is a lot more to disconnect. Network cables to all the
machines, two of them to the linux box hooked to the cable modem, various
printers, monitors and speakers not always hooked to a UPS due to lack of
plugs or capacity. I imagine any one could be an entry point for a surge.
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Eric Chomko wrote:
> I've been accumulating the damages from a recent thunderstorm. Wow!
> Originally I thought
> it was just a GFI breaker and the phones. But it turns out that a
> computer got hit (just a PC),
> and the cable box as well as a TV. I'm making a list (8 entries so far).
> Thank God my bro-in-law
> here in Maryland gave me a surge supressor that I put on my SWTPC. Makes
> me think I need
> more of those things.
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> Anyone else have such an event happen? Also, take this as a warning to
> protect you most valuable
> possessions. I intend to get a few more surge suppressors to protect
> stuff. This is the one and only
> time that this has happened to me, and I'm felling lucky.
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> Eric
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Received on Sat Jul 14 2001 - 21:55:21 BST