[plug] lightning, Re: modem

[Jonathan Young]

On 6/15/2006, "Denis Brown" <dsbrown at cyllene.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

>At 02:59 PM 15/06/2006, Jonathan Young wrote:
>
>> >The power was off for over an hour. When I went through to power
>> >things up again, I found that the VCR was dead, as well as a modem and
>> >network card in one of the PCs that was on. Everything else was
>> >unaffected.
>>
>>Why is the VCR always on the list of casualties?
>
>Possibly because the VCR has an external (usually roof-mounted) antenna
>attached?   Depending on where the damage is though - VCR power supply,
>tuner, RF output module, ...

Sorry Denis, when I wrote this bit:

>>> It was not plugged in to anything except a powerboard with basic surge
>>> protection and devices either side, sure enough the board, the
>>> DVD/TV/AMP are all undamaged, but the VCR takes a hit? How come?

I meant to say that it was only plugged into the powerboard, i.e. it did
not have an antenna lead attached to it, only RCA leads back to the
AMP...

Obviously VCRs are not always on the list of toasted devices as I have
now heard from other replies about a variety of combinations of damage. 
However, it certainly does seem to be that if your home entertainment
system takes a surge/strike and you want to guess what died, the VCR
would be fairly short odds!




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