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- From: lee@hsh.com (Lee Havemann)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Frequently fried modems
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.094850.388@hsh.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 13:48:50 GMT
- References: <BzEuKG.2L@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Organization: HSH Associates
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- In article <BzEuKG.2L@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
- > We have people using modems to call in from rural locations all over
- > the US so I know it isn't unusual to have lightning or a power surge
- > damage a modem. However it is happening on a regular basis, at least
- > once every six months at one site in South Carolina sometimes taking
- > the computer serial port and/or motherboard with it. We had an
- > electrician check the power grounding and installed surge protectors
- > on the power and phone lines and it's still happening. Has anyone
- > else run into a situation like this?
- >
- > Les Mikesell
- > les@chinet.chi.il.us
-
-
- The only time I have seen this is when there were two or more PC's on a
- network, and they were plugged in to different outlets. One or more were
- much further away from the ground, or were on different grounds, and it
- caused a ground loop.
- You didn't mention if this site is a network or not, so just my $.02...
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- Lee Havemann, Comp Ops Dir. HSH Associates (201) 838-3330
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