RE: Re: Lightning strike protection

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure I have seen Belkin devices that purport to protect all of those
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ems, and ISTR they even offer something like =A320K of warranty for
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ed equipment if their filter fails...

Have a look around places like Maplins & PC World etc, since I would
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e that's probably where I have seen these things in the past...

Or perhaps browse through Belkin's site to see what they have...

HTH

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Andy Whitfield
> Sent: 29 June 2005 14:31
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Lightning strike protection
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> A UPS protects equipment from lightning strikes on the mains.
> Some have sockets to plug the modem / telephone line in but I'm not
> so sure how good they are against lightning.
> As for strikes to TV aerials.....  I haven't got an answer for that.
> Andy the UPS Man
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "christopher purves"
> <CHRIS_PURVES@M...> wrote:
> > 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@y...>
> > >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
> > >
> > >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
> > >
> > >--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, James Fidell <james@c...> wrote:
> > > > 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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