RE: Re: Lightning strike protection

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

I have an APC3000 smart ups - if I want everything protected guess I should
get another one. Surely though, that ain't gonna stop radio/tv/telephone
sourced stuff right ?

Chris

>From: "Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Lightning strike protection
>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:18:30 -0000
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>Use a UPS to protect equipment from lightning strikes to the mains
>supply.
>Some UPSs have a connection to protect the phone line.  Not sure
>whether this would protect against lightning or not.  If I have a
>chance I'll check.
>Andy the UPS man
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>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, James Fidell <james@c...> wrote:
> > Guess who has broken stuff to replace this morning? :)
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> > 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.
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> > 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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