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Re: Lightning strike protection



You can get those power extension leads which have surge protection which
also have telephone line protection.

Maplins and even Argos have them .. never used them though so can't comment
on whether they really work.

Ho yin
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Fidell" <james@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Lightning strike protection


> Guess who has broken stuff to replace this morning? :)
>
> We had a cheap phone die in the storms on Friday morning and somehow,
> though I can't see how, the switch port that my adsl router is plugged
> into stopped working with a loud "pop" last night.
>
> So, before I move to asterisk and risk blowing up an entire PC, I
could
> really do with some sort of protection from lightning strikes on the
> phone lines (they run over ground, over the tops of hills, for about
> three miles to the exchange, so an easy target for lightning).
>
> Any recommendations?  Preferably avoiding moving house...
>
> James
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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