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RE: Lightning



> 'having just had a 'storm go-by ... lightning, thunder, rain,
> and plenty of it ... saw the red on the 'radar-map, earlier,
> over the Irish Sea, so 'was no surprise ... but 'wondered it
> anyone had gone so far as putting-in lightning conductors ...
> we rapidly shut-down all computers & h-fi & pulled all the
> plugs, this time ... but if we'd had 'conductors, would we
> have been able to carry-on & avoid all that ?

I have had lightning damage several times and it mostly entered the house
through the phone line, It can also come in via the mains, so I guess a
lighting rod wouldn't protect against that.

M.





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