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[JSOP]

I had a lightning strike at my house a few months ago and it wiped out a ton of my electronics, including my wifi setup, TV's, central vacuum, and even my doorbell.

I ended buying the AmplifiHD mesh router with 3 MeshPoints and it has made a big difference in coverage and speed at my house.

Are you ok? You didn't have a surge protector? Well at least you won't be bothered anymore by canvassers, girl/boy scouts, campaign candidates and volunteers...

 

[Baron]

Yeah I had all sorts of things plugged into surged protectors. They did absolutely nothing.

 

[JSOP]

Yeah I had all sorts of things plugged into surged protectors. They did absolutely nothing.

OMG!! I hope you can get some compensations from those surge protector manufacturers. They all have those $1 million, $10 million damage insurance that they offer to whoever has bought their products.

 

[Baron]

Honestly, I think the issue is that the electrical surge from the lightning strike actually came through the cable TV line because it seems that all the equipment that was connected to that line or ethernet network like my cable modem, wife router, family room TV, intercom system, etc. all got fried. The other TVs in my house are only connected via wifi and they were fine.

My wife and I both were at the house when the lightning hit and we literally felt it run through our bodies. It was nuts. I did an inspection of the exterior of my house and couldn't see anywhere that was actually hit, so it must have hit something else very close by.

 

[destriero]

Right JSOP, and ENE is still paying out on those 20Y swaps, right? Those guarantees are worthless.

 

[newwurldmn]

Honestly, I think the issue is that the electrical surge from the lightning strike actually came through the cable TV line because it seems that all the equipment that was connected to that line or ethernet network like my cable modem, wife router, family room TV, intercom system, etc. all got fried. The other TVs in my house are only connected via wifi and they were fine.

My wife and I both were at the house when the lightning hit and we literally felt it run through our bodies. It was nuts. I did an inspection of the exterior of my house and couldn't see anywhere that was actually hit, so it must have hit something else very close by.

That happened to our house. It was struck by lightning and all the electronics fried. The cable and phone wiring was the culprit.

That being said most surge protectors are worthless, for sensitive equipment you need to get a surge protector that can withstand something like 3000 joules and even then not all the plug outlets will be protected.

 

[destriero]

~200 feet from the nearest satellite! I’ve never been able to p/u my WiFi from this distance in the yard (volleyball court).

 

[Baron]

I'm about 40 feet from the nearest MeshPoint currently:

 

[destriero]

I'd turned off cell and you can see the signal strength on the WiFi.

 

[JSOP]

Honestly, I think the issue is that the electrical surge from the lightning strike actually came through the cable TV line because it seems that all the equipment that was connected to that line or ethernet network like my cable modem, wife router, family room TV, intercom system, etc. all got fried. The other TVs in my house are only connected via wifi and they were fine.

My wife and I both were at the house when the lightning hit and we literally felt it run through our bodies. It was nuts. I did an inspection of the exterior of my house and couldn't see anywhere that was actually hit, so it must have hit something else very close by.

That is quite scary. Is there any way to protect the cable/TV and telephone line against lightning? What if you are on the phone through the landline and all of sudden there is a lightning strike, are you going to be electrocuted?