Do you...

....unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a thunderstorm?

I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
get my drift.

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Brett

Brett... wrote:
> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a thunderstorm?
>
> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
> get my drift.
>

I have a surge protector.

Kind Regards,

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On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:46:45 +0100, PlusNet Support Team
<(E-Mail Removed)_> wrote:

>Brett... wrote:
>> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a thunderstorm?
>>
>> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
>> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
>> get my drift.
>>
>
>I have a surge protector.
>
>Kind Regards,

Surely a thunderstorm would result in a spike rather than a surge ?

Jasper

"Brett..." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:42cac2b6$0$16280$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a
thunderstorm?
>
> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
> get my drift.
>
> --
>
> Brett
>
>
YES, not in use - unplug everything ! (and I have a surge strip)
Dave

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:daekik$lff$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Brett..." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:42cac2b6$0$16280$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a
> thunderstorm?
>>
>> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
>> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
>> get my drift.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Brett
>>
>>
> YES, not in use - unplug everything ! (and I have a surge strip)
> Dave
>

Disconnect! I have a surge protector and UPS, but when the fireworks start I
run for cover. Unplug the mains too.

Rob.

NO, I don't read posts with NO ( intelligible ) subject...

"Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> NO, I don't read posts with NO ( intelligible ) subject...
>
>

And you contradict yourself ! ;-)

"Brett..." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:42cac2b6$0$16280$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a
> thunderstorm?
>
> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
> get my drift.

Ok do I unplug all the phones and modems and TV aerials.... NO.
I have insurance, I sit in the conservatory and watch the storm.

H.

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:23:12 +0100, "Harry"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Brett..." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:42cac2b6$0$16280$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a
>> thunderstorm?
>>
>> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
>> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
>> get my drift.
>
>Ok do I unplug all the phones and modems and TV aerials.... NO.
>I have insurance, I sit in the conservatory and watch the storm.

That was what the students were doing when the Multiplexer next to
them burst into flames during a thunderstorm (I was sent to 'repair'
it .. .. it went straight in the skip after the Insurance Co had
looked at it).

AFAIK, there isn't a devce yet invented (fuse, NLR, FET etc) that can
react fast enough to truely protect against a lightening induced spike
(but these 'surge protectors' may help lower the impact).

All the best ..

T i m

"Brett..." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:42cac2b6$0$16280$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ...unplug your ADSL router from the phone connection during a
> thunderstorm?
>
> I do after having lost a Pace 56K modem during a storm a few years ago.
> Actually it wasn't a storm as such, just a single clap of thunder but you
> get my drift.

If I'm not downloading anything urgent I power-down and unplug from the
mains.

(kim)