-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Weather
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:22:02 -0500
yeah right! And empty out my pocketbook... Ha! but if ya got the dough,
yeah I agree ;)
Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "cristy" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:26 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Weather
You folks are all nuts. Have you forgotten that a direct lightning hit would
be a great excuse to upgrade all your equipment???
---Troth
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:11:54 -0500, cristy wrote:
> I lost a modem once and a hard drive due to lightening, no surge
> protector back then either, much more careful now.
>
> Christine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joy & Mal" <jomal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:45 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Weather
>
>
> After seeing the damage to a PC (via the dial-up modem line) from a
> lightning strike to ground near a phone cable pit, must confess I
> unplug modem line as well as power lead when storms are about.
>
> Mal
>
>
> Keyboard Cowboy wrote:
>
>> Oh not at all <G> I think we're probably in violent agreement
>> <chuckle> I
>> certainly would not dispute that unplugging is better than not
>> unplugging when
>> you know there is a storm about. On the other hand, I strongly
>> recommend a surge protector when you are plugged in. Regards from
>>
>> Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy",
>> ,,,,,,,,
>> Ô¿Ô¬
>> Cincinnati, Ohio
>> Scottsdale, Arizona
>> ==========<[0]>===========
>> Tuesday 2/28/2006 9:27:26 PM
>>
>> "Life is Tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid."
>>
>> -- John Wayne
>>
>>
>> ==========<[O]>==========
>> On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:27:08 +1300, DH (Rick) Holmes wrote: |
>> Hi, Bob, |
>> | I agree with all you say here, but would add that to rely on |
>> commonly found surge protectors as guard against lightning and |
>> therefore not unplugging is not a totally sound belief. As you
>> | say, a lightning 'force field' is virtually unstoppable. In
>> turn | this may cause a surge elsewhere as circuits disabled by
>> the | strike attempt to restore their services. I have been
>> aware of | surges occurring when a car hits a powerpole and
>> brings down a | power line! |
>> | Destruction of computer data and programs is extremely
>> unlikely | when plugs are removed, and this includes modem
>> cables connected | to phone lines. |
>> | For the best 'within safety' protection I have a '40gb pocket
>> HDD' | to back everything up, and most times this is
>> disconnected from my | computer and hopefully no passage of mega-
>> volts will pass through | it.as there's no escape to earth. I
>> won't try for any additional | security under present
>> conditions. |
>> | I hope you won't regard this as an argument against your |
>> statement. I just as this for the information of the uninitiated.
>> | | All the best | | Rick H | Keyboard Cowboy wrote:
>> | | Actually, I'd add to that Rick. The real purpose for a
>> surge | | protector is to take a certain amount of spike charge.
>> It's | | measured on joules (sp?) vs. time. Some are better
>> than others. | | Most work well for normal surges in line
>> activity, whether | | caused by electrical storms or by problems
>> with the power | | provided to your home. Additionally, these
>> surge protectors | | have a limited life. After so many
>> charges, they begin to | | degrade and should be replaced. When
>> your surge protector is | | tripped a few times, it might be a
>> good idea to replace it. Now | | a direct, or very near hit from
>> lightning will not, as you | | said, be protected by a surge
>> protector. Such a near hit will | | cause a "force field" of
>> electricity that it can affect the | | electrical devices --even
>> if not plugged in--. Obviously an | | unplugged device is far
>> less likely to be damaged, but it can | | be damaged. About
>> seven years ago when I was building my | | house in Cincinnati I
>> was also building a HAM radio room and | | did quite a bit of
>> research on lightning. What I found was | | that to have a high
>> degree of confidence in protection, I would | | actually have to
>> build a grid in the walls of the room to "soak | | up" any
>> electrical charges. I didn't go that far, but I put a | | hell
>> of a ground system in the house, and on the tower near by. | | |
>> | Regards from | | | | Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", | | | | --
>> |
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