Is playing havoc with my broadband connection at the mo'....
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Sheet Lightning storm
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Unplug? My phone lines got hit a couple of months back and wrecked the modem, 2 network cards and the slots they were in.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Disconnect!
A few years ago my next door neighbour's roof was blown up by lightning, and my computer motherboard was damaged by the electric shrapnel. As was my TV ariel and burglar alarm.Comment
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I use my modem to attract lighting strikes in order to recharge batteries for my time machine.
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Unplug now. I've lost 2 modems and a router to lightening storms in the past."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Never had a problem and we have storms that last for hours. Must be an English thing.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Wireless good. At least you'll only lose the WAP and router rather than all the tulip connected to it.
I have a big old Liebert UPS between the mains and my workstation with lightning arrestors and surge protection.Serving religion with the contempt it deserves...Comment
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*comes out from under blanket and plugs everything back in*
The storm has passed chaps - thanks for the advice. It was just sheet lightning though, not forked. Doesn't that make a difference?"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by cojak*comes out from under blanket and plugs everything back in*
The storm has passed chaps - thanks for the advice. It was just sheet lightning though, not forked. Doesn't that make a difference?
Anyway, they've both got loads of coulombs so I wouldn't take chances.Comment
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I lost an all in one printer/fax/copier to a lightning strike. Was not impressed at the time.
I bought a load of surge suppressing four way plugs which should fry before it reaches any of my electrical kit now but I don't really want to test them out...Comment
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