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We have enough thunderstorms that I do get worried about lightning frying my electronics. I have surge protectors on a lot of my gear, which might offer some pr
by globular-toast 2y ago
We have enough thunderstorms that I do get worried about lightning frying my electronics. I have surge protectors on a lot of my gear, which might offer some protection. I'd love to have an optional internet connection but, alas, copper is all that is available. Anyone bothered isolating their copper internet connection from their network? If so, how?
- kin0025 2y ago[dead]
- MattPalmer1086 2y agoRight. I once had a motherboard completely fried during a thunderstorm in London, back in the 90s. I always use good quality surge protectors for expensive kit now.
- globular-toast 2y agoI had a part of my mobo fried which I suspect was due to lightning. Lost the onboard ethernet and USB. Computer kept going for years after I added a PCI NIC and just lived without USB somehow (should have really got a PCI card too but I was extremely against spending money back then).