Re: Router - Protection from Lightning Damage

["Simon Rafferty" <simonr@xxxxxxx>]

Beware of these things if u use caller id. 9/10 caller id wont work with
lighning suppressors

Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ukha_D@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:03 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Router - Protection from Lightning Damage


> We've had our Home Highway box replaced 4 times by BT in the time
we've
been
> in our new house - all due to lightning. Since the last incident in
August
> 2003 we've fitted lightning protection on the mains side, but we're
still
> unprotected from anything coming in from the phone line.
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> I noticed a Belkin socket board in Currys the other day with a
"consumer
> grade" lightning protection for ADSL.
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> Can I purchase something like this on it's own without the socket
board?
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> What's the position with fitting something like this before or inside
the
> master socket?  Is that a no-no?
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> I would obviously need protection on both the voice and data sides,
and as
> I'm using the NTE5 faceplate splitter...
> http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl_splitters.htm
> ...I'd rather not have to buy 2 devices.
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> Thanks
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> M.
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