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- From: doswald@xmission.com (David Oswald)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Can a surge go thru an external modem
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 07:54:21 GMT
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- hewho1@aol.com (HeWhoCannotBeNamed) made the following comments:
-
- >...and into the PC, if the external modem is switched off? I have
- >everything (including phone line) plugged into a surge protector, though this
- >may not help much in a lightning strike. But what if the external modem is
- >switched off? (my ignorance of electronics is unlimited).
-
- "Surge" is a really broad paint brush.
-
- Consider a lightning strike on a sailboat. The lightning will travel
- down the mast, all of the supporting cables, etc. Then it will try to
- exit through the keel. If it can't, it blows a hole in the side of
- the boat. If this happens to you (and you live through it) go ahead
- and test out your marine radio afterward. It may not ever have come
- in direct contact with the lightning strike (if you have it grounded
- properly) but chances are the proximity will have singed its innards.
-
-
- A surge can do many things... traveling through your external modem is
- one of them. The question should be how big of a surge would it take
- to make my modem fry the rest of the computer?
-
- Dave
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