Ask Lee Trevino. If lightning can strike a tree and then jump or arch to the person standing several feet away, it should be pretty safe to assume a lightning strike can easily jump the switch inside the amp and cause serious damage or explosion.
Kinda' funny, I saw a picture recently of a mattress torn apart and charred because lightning went thru the roof, attic, ceiling straight down to the mattress where nobody was sleeping. It looked like a grenade exploded inside the mattress. I guess nothing is safe when it comes to lightning as it always depends on it's intensity.
Some electrical companies offer as an option a whole-house surge protection mechanism. These may or may not work, but if you have one and your things are damaged by lightning, they typically reimburse for $10k to $20k of the damages.
Kinda' like an insurance policy and I do not believe these protectors affect sonics. I had one installed 4 years ago for $5 per month.
A few years back I was working with somebody whose house was on a hilltop. His chimney was struck by lighting and exploded. Half of the appliances and electronics in his house needed to be replaced as a result. He had the whole-house surge protector installed. And the electrical company reimbursed him for all damages.
So at least we know the insurance part of the whole-house surge protection system works.
-IMO
Kinda' funny, I saw a picture recently of a mattress torn apart and charred because lightning went thru the roof, attic, ceiling straight down to the mattress where nobody was sleeping. It looked like a grenade exploded inside the mattress. I guess nothing is safe when it comes to lightning as it always depends on it's intensity.
Some electrical companies offer as an option a whole-house surge protection mechanism. These may or may not work, but if you have one and your things are damaged by lightning, they typically reimburse for $10k to $20k of the damages.
Kinda' like an insurance policy and I do not believe these protectors affect sonics. I had one installed 4 years ago for $5 per month.
A few years back I was working with somebody whose house was on a hilltop. His chimney was struck by lighting and exploded. Half of the appliances and electronics in his house needed to be replaced as a result. He had the whole-house surge protector installed. And the electrical company reimbursed him for all damages.
So at least we know the insurance part of the whole-house surge protection system works.
-IMO