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["Tanner Lovelace" <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>]

On 3/6/07, Shea Tisdale <shea AT sheatisdale.com> wrote:
> The truth about most "surge protectors" is that they cannot stop lightening.
> Even very advanced protection cannot fully protect against lightning.  I
> still use it because it does work against normal surges and they have
> insurance policies you can sometimes get to pay for the damaged gear.
>
> A friend of mine once had lighting hit near his house, run into the house
> over the phone line and through his lightning arrestor. At some point it
> melted the wires and jumped out to hit him and knock him across the room.
> Needless to say it took every piece of computer equipment with it despite
> the gear he had to stop that.
>
> But buy a good one with a good warranty and insurance policy...like the
> monster stuff.

And if you really want to get serious about lightning protection, take a look
at the resources at this page:

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/lightning.html

They've got some good articles there that explain just what you're trying
to do with lightning protection and suggestions of ways to do it.

Cheers,
Tanner
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Tanner Lovelace
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