[Coco] Storm damage

[camillus Blockx]

Most likely the power supply took the blow, replace that and I'm most
sertain that the HP wil go again. Power supply comes in different price
ranges, but just do not go to cheap. Also craigs list have sometimes pc for
less then $20. No gamers but keeps you going.

succes


On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:17 PM, John T Chasteen <johnchasteen at juno.com>wrote:

> Hi Gene
> Be sure your electrical service entrance is grounded and
> your telephone service is grounded at the entrance to your home.
> The electrical supply stores sell "Lightning Protectors " that can be
> mounted in your service cabinet.
>
> John
>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:50:54 -0400 gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
> writes:
> > On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 01:24:46 PM Bill did opine:
> >
> > > Well, I'm back where I started. We had a terrific storm last night
> > and
> > > now the HP I got from another member on the list is history. It
> > wasn't
> > > running, but it was plugged in. Luckily, nothing was hooked to it.
> > So
> > > now I don't have a PC that I can use.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have an old G5 Mac, but it doesn't have a COM1 port. So, until I
> > can
> > > scrounge around and find another PC, I'm out of luck.
> >
> > Lightning Bill?
> > Checklist:
> >
> > Monitor separate? S/B plugged into the same outlet.
> >
> > Static grounded (3rd round pin)?  No? All bets are against you.
> >
> > Line cords all effectively plugged into the same outlet?  No? All
> > bets are
> > against you again.
> >
> > I got tired of that lightning blowing stuff scene about 20 years
> > ago,
> > blowing modems etc every time mother nature heard somebody call that
> > stuff
> > butter, and went through the wiring to one of the wall plugs here in
> > this
> > room and soldered all the joints in every junction box clear back to
> > the
> > circuit breaker.  Then I, in time, bought a huge all in one power
> > strip
> > with surge arrestors for the power line, the telephone line and even
> > a coax
> > surge limiter to run the cable tv circuit through.  7 breaker
> > protected
> > outlets on it plus those data/tv lines.
> >
> > A 1500WA rated ups is plugged into that, and 3 6 outlet power strips
> > to
> > power stuff that needs a gracefull shutdown are plugged into the
> > ups.
> >
> > The rest of the stuff in this room, printers, net switches etc, are
> > plugged
> > into power strips plugged into the big strip.  So I am tied together
> > with a
> > common ground between everything that all comes from one single wall
> > plug.
> > A star ground in the parlance.
> >
> > This whole rooms contents can bounce 50 to 100 thousand volts when
> > lightning hits the transformer pole across the street, but it all
> > bounces
> > in unison so nothing is hurt.
> >
> > I haven't lost anything except a couple of 15' USB extension hubs
> > that went
> > to the basement where the coco is similarly wired all to one strip,
> > but it
> > isn't on this same branch circuit so the USB stuff got hammered.
> > Twice, but
> > since I bought some new cables from a different vendor that are 10
> > meters
> > long and re-arranged the hubs downstairs, they are either tougher
> > stuff or
> > I haven't been tapped hard enough in the last year.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene
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> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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> > A:        It wasn't IBM compatible.
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