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- From: Mark Turner <markt AT siteseers.net>
- To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:33:47 -0500
Tarus Balog wrote:
I lost a 4DTV receiver due to a lightening strike without a surge protector. I bought a Monster surge protector for ~$80 at Best Buy,
You're lucky! You could have been out a 4DTV *and* a smoldering, $200 surge protector. Lightning has just traveled *THREE MILES* through clear air. It will sneer at your puny surge protector and keep right on going (and not some fool Billy Idol sneer, either)*.
If you're concerned about lightning, hire someone who specializes in lightning protection to properly protect your home. Progress Energy sells a commercial-grade surge protector which can go a long way towards protecting your home wiring (though you need to also ground your satellite dish, phone line, and cable TV lines, too). Not even their solution will protect against a direct lightning strike, however:
http://www.progress-energy.com/custservice/carres/surgeprotect/faq.asp
For far more lightning protection information than you ever wanted, follow the link in this blog post:
http://www.markturner.net/?q=node/805
Mark Turner
www.markturner.net
* Obligatory Mojo Nixon reference.
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[internetworkers] Spanish Language Software for Children,
cmccarthy1, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] Spanish Language Software for Children,
burnett, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] Spanish Language Software for Children,
Colleen McCarthy, 12/19/2005
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[internetworkers] CATV signals,
Tom Caswell, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Tony Spencer, 12/19/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Tom Caswell, 12/19/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Scott, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Mark Turner, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Tarus Balog, 12/20/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Mark Turner, 12/20/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Lyman Green, 12/20/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Mark Turner, 12/20/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Steven Champeon, 12/20/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Jim Ray, 12/20/2005
- [internetworkers] Nature vs Nurture (was Re: CATV signals), Simon Spero, 12/27/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] Nature vs Nurture (was Re: CATV signals), Jim Ray, 12/27/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Mark Turner, 12/20/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Tarus Balog, 12/20/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals,
Tony Spencer, 12/19/2005
- Re: [internetworkers] CATV signals, Tom Caswell, 12/28/2005
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[internetworkers] CATV signals,
Tom Caswell, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] Spanish Language Software for Children,
Colleen McCarthy, 12/19/2005
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Re: [internetworkers] Spanish Language Software for Children,
burnett, 12/19/2005
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