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Default Lightning damage to USB drives?

"JAD" wrote in
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"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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It would be safer to put the flash drive on a powered USB hub.



Just wondering Rod, how'd you come to that conclusion? More than
likely the usb hub will be plugged into the same electrical source as
the PC and therefore also be effected by the by the power surge.
Would it not?

- Mike


Wall warts have pretty good safety measures.



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