[muglo] nothing a good bolt of lightning

what I have been in the habit of doing is unplugging EVERYTHING...modem 
from the phone line, router power, computer. Even Rogers is plug 
in,,unplug their modems (but please get rid of the bloatware)
I am too cheap to go and buy another of everything.
If I am not home, I phone and have my girls unplug the whole thing.

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> muglo Digest  Wed, 27 Jun 2007        Volume: 07  Issue: 150
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> From: Karl Hochmann <k.hochmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: a good meeting
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:52:54 -0400
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> Doug,
> 
> At this moment a thunderstorm is is tormenting us. I disconnected my  
> computer. You scared me.
> 
> Karl
> 
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> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:18:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Doug Bale <dougbale@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: a good meeting
> 
> Good idea, Karl. I've had two lightning strikes. The first time, a surge 
> protector saved everything, but died in the effort. The second time, I had a 
> replacement surge protector that would have saved everything except that I 
> stupidly had the Rogers cable coming straight into the computer, unbuffered; 
> the strike came in on the cable, bypassing the surge protector, and fried the 
> computer, printer, scanner and external drive.
> Nowadays, with the laptop, I just unplug when there's rumbling overhead, and 
> run on the battery. If I need the Internet, Airport lets me have it and still 
> stay isolated from anything that's liable to carry a surge.
> Doug
> 
> 
> 
> Karl Hochmann <k.hochmann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Doug,
> 
> At this moment a thunderstorm is is tormenting us. I disconnected my  
> computer. You scared me.
> 
> Karl
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> From: Gerhard Kuhn <gerhardk@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: a good meeting
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:05:32 -0400
> 
> I have lost two surge protectors and both were from lighting hits to  
> the phone line.  The first time I called the phone company because we  
> had no dial tone and no internet, the technician traced the problem  
> to the power bar and he said it probably saved our computer.  Two or  
> three years ago they buried the phone lines on our road and we have  
> not had a problem since.
> Gerhard
> 
> P.S.  I think I now know why  our G4 iMac wouldn't boot, it seems if  
> shut down for an extended period it forgets time and date so it must  
> be the battery on the mother board.  Does anyone know if this is  
> easily accessible by the user?
> 
> 
> On Jun 27, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Doug Bale wrote:
> 
>> Good idea, Karl. I've had two lightning strikes. The first time, a  
>> surge protector saved everything, but died in the effort. The  
>> second time, I had a replacement surge protector that would have  
>> saved everything except that I stupidly had the Rogers cable coming  
>> straight into the computer, unbuffered; the strike came in on the  
>> cable, bypassing the surge protector, and fried the computer,  
>> printer, scanner and external drive.
>> Nowadays, with the laptop, I just unplug when there's rumbling  
>> overhead, and run on the battery. If I need the Internet, Airport  
>> lets me have it and still stay isolated from anything that's liable  
>> to carry a surge.
>> Doug
>>
>>
>>
>> Karl Hochmann <k.hochmann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Doug,
>>
>> At this moment a thunderstorm is is tormenting us. I disconnected my
>> computer. You scared me.
>>
>> Karl
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> From: Tee Cashmore <teecashmore@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Re: a good meeting
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:58:31 -0400
> 
> 
> On 27-Jun-07, at 7:05 PM, Gerhard Kuhn wrote:
> 
>> P.S.  I think I now know why  our G4 iMac wouldn't boot, it seems  
>> if shut down for an extended period it forgets time and date so it  
>> must be the battery on the mother board.  Does anyone know if this  
>> is easily accessible by the user?
> 
> Pictures of how to replace PRam battery are here.
> http://www.newertech.com/tech_support/images/NWTMANTIPRAM.pdf
> TTFN,     TeeC
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