[Leica] Tina and Her Computer: Lightening Strike!

[mitch.zeissler at verizon.net (Mitch Zeissler)]

One of the execs I used to support had every electronic device in his house
fried several times over the past two years by nearby lightning strikes.  No
amount of UPS, line filtering, un-plugging, etc. was able to save him from
having to completely replace all to the tune of several thousand dollars
each time.

Regards,

Mitch

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Bridge
Subject: Re: [Leica] Tina and Her Computer: Lightening Strike!

Thank God I don't live in a lightning-rich part of the world! But, if I did
I'd make sure I had a good uninterruptable power supply - one where the AC
end that plugged into the wall was completely decoupled from the AC output
end so there was a DC battery and then an inverter between my computer and
the nasty stuff going on out on the power grid. And then an industrial
strength bit of surge suppression on the computer side of the UPS. The
lightning strike doesn't have to be close to send some pretty nasty stuff
down the power line to your house.