Off Grid and lightning

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Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: Australia Posts: 1667	Posted: 10:33am 16 Oct 2017         Gizmo said   Just goes to show, a big enough lightning strike wont be stopped by missing fuses or open switches.[/quote] That's why you need those $$$$$ surge boards retailers sell.[/sarcasm] [Quote]I remember when I fixed computers for a living... Play it safe, unplug the stuff you value...[/quote] Had a vigilant client like that many years back. Wheel chair bound & his PC was his life, (and the 56k modem). They lived on the edge of town in an iron stone rich area which was a manget for lightning strikes. Always had his carer unplug the both the phone line & extension lead to his desk. They had a strike, just metres from his room, hit a steel fence post. Mother board blown, modem blown, as in chips blown apart. Insurance didn't want to pay, as it was all unplugged. In the end they did following a lesson in power, wires magnetic fields etc. Must have been the 10m extension lead that ran around the walls that induced the surge. Phil.