"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 7:45 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message

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That isn't a school of thought in the scientific community.
It's been pretty well debunked, but will live on, like Bigfoot.
We could argue about it, but I have the feeling it would be endless no
matter how many cites I come up with.
Of course I'm not a scientist, but can google like crazy.
If you have NFPA approved lightning protection the addition
of devices of "the other school" will do no harm.
But IMO the "other school" alone is Voodoo - and dangerous.
The danger part is why I feel compelled to answer your post.

--Vic

Hey, I never said it worked.

Eisboch (in his best Harry impersonation)

Every effin day in summer we have lightning shutting stuff down here.
I come in after lunch and power surges have shut down both electron
microscopes. At home during a storm I was sitting 4' from my computer
and a huge spark jumped from the cable modem to the power outlet, the
computer survived. Last week it was my well getting fried by
lightning. I use cordless phones cuz I am terrified of a strike to
the phone lines (another neighbor had that happen to him).


Lightning storms scare the bananas out of me.

Eisboch


Buddy worked in a small low power radio station while in college. A rip and
read news report place. TTY in a closet and 5 minutes before the news, go
rip the page off the TTY and read it. Said they had a lightening strike and
the transmitter reset automatically and when they went to rip, opened the
closed door to a melted TTY. Did not plow the 110V fuse and the resistors
on the telephone pad were still intact. Nothing else harmed.