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| Posted: 03:56pm 14 Oct 2017 |
Just goes to show, a big enough lightning strike wont be stopped by missing fuses or open switches.
I remember when I fixed computers for a living, after a big storm we would always get a few customers come in complaining the surge protector they bought didn't work and they ended up with a fried TV or computer. Had to explain that the bolt of lightning had traveled several hundred meters through the air, no little surge protector is going to help if the strike is close enough. Play it safe, unplug the stuff you value.
Its also another reason I wont live in a house without a earthed steel roof. If its dry, a tiled roof offers no barrier to a lightning strike, you may as well be standing out in the open. Hopefully the lighting hits the lights power circuit in the ceiling and uses that as a path to earth instead of your head. Years working for Telecom has given me a healthy respect for lightning.
Glenn
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