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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: netcom.com!puma
- From: puma@netcom.com (Gary Breuckman)
- Subject: Re: Lightening protection
- Message-ID: <pumaDow702.22E@netcom.com>
- Organization: organized?? me?
- References: <MODEMS-L%96032606062588@vm.its.rpi.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 20:45:37 GMT
- Sender: puma@netcom11.netcom.com
-
- In article <MODEMS-L%96032606062588@vm.its.rpi.edu>,
- Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT%TREARN.BITNET@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU> wrote:
- >Now that I bought expensive modems for my BBS, I want to make sure nothing
- >happens to them :) How can one protect a couple of USR Courrier's
- >"relatively cheaply" ? I need some sort of phone line surge suppressors
- >I guess; that would enable me to sleep thru stormy nights..
-
-
- There are several commercial surge protectors for telephone lines out
- there, TrippLite makes some phone-only units as well as combined AC surge
- protectors with telephone line protection. There are several other
- manufacturers too.
-
- Most include some sort of insurance/warranty that will cover any damage
- that does occur (nothing is going to stop a direct strike on your phone
- line, but between the telco protector at the building entrance and this,
- most problems caused by nearby strikes / induced voltages should be
- stopped.
-
- Disconnecting the equipment when not in use works too! So will many of
- the fax/data/voice switches, which effectively put relays between your
- equipment and the telco line. This helps, but a high enough voltage will
- jump the relay contacts. Nothing is perfect. With the guaranteed surge
- protectors you can at least find someone to pay for it, if all else fails.
-
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