OT: [NTLUG:Discuss] lightening!

[Kelledin]

On Tuesday 15 July 2003 10:58 pm, Darin W. Smith wrote:
> Personally, I would speculate that a standard surge protector
> "helped" the surge get on the data line by shunting the surge
> onto either the ground or neutral, and then finding a piece of
> equipment that tied a digital ground to chassis ground, or
> otherwise used chassis-ground as a reference.
>
> I've been looking at the units from brickwall.com for my home
> theater. They have an article on the very effect I'm
> describing at http://brickwall.com/grndcur.htm

Brickwall's analysis actually makes sense, advertisement or not.  
I have a mostly basic knowledge of electricity, of course, so 
you shouldn't just take my opinion.  But I was able to read it 
and understand the concepts quite well, unless it was arranged 
specifically to fool people like me. ;)

Fortunately, I'm using Belkin SurgeMaster II's here, which (claim 
to) protect hot, ground, and neutral.  I personally haven't had 
a piece of hardware get lightning-zapped in years.

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
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