Ignoramus10397 wrote:
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:51:46 -0500, w_tom wrote:
Details on effective protection solutions recently were
provided in the alt.windows-me newsgroup on 18 Dec 2005
entitled "Dead Computer :-)" also at:
http://tinyurl.com/99ho2

Very interesting, I am reading it.

I must note: when a lightning hit the tree next to our house, all out
computers and all electronics were on UPSes. None was hurt. The board
in the AC controller, though, did get fried.

Lightning is a funny thing from the standpoint of what it will damage
and not. I had a lightning strike three feet from the A/C condensing unit
and it blew out one circuit board in the A/C, noting else in the home was
damaged. That included a number of electronic devices that are sensitive to
surges. That was before I had whole house protection. It did trip the
Circuit breaker for the A/C

I only had one UPS and two computers at the time, the one without the
UPS was the only one turned on.

I suggest that you likely would not have suffered any damage, even
without the UPS. I might also point out that it is very unlikely all your
electronics were on UPS. Do you have a microwave, or digital clocks, etc?


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Ignoramus10397 wrote:
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Thanks. I would like to read a little bit about what it entails, so
that I make right choices when talking to those professionals.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit