Lightening damage - any hope?


We had a violent electrical storm at my home a couple of days ago and some of my AV gear no longer even turns on. The damaged components are Sony Blu-ray player, Marantz AV Processor, AppleTV, Spectrum Cable box, Netgear router. It seems that the damage came in thru the Spectrum cable for my Internet service.. All of the damaged components were connected to my network via Cat6.

Curiously, the components that I had isolated with fiber converters (to lower the cable noise) were undamaged. That included my ML5505 integrated amp and my Aurender N200 streamer (thank goodness).

For the electrical geniuses out there is there any hope that the damaged components can be repaired from a spike coming in thru the ethernet cable? I'm rather surprised that these components won't even turn on.

Any insight. would be appreciated.

jhcjr

Showing 1 response by palasr

Apple TV box is disposable electronics at best.  Spectrum (bastards) will replace the cable box for free.  The router is likely toast.  I'd open up the Sony and Marantz and check the fuses in the switch mode power supplies with a meter.  The problem is that both those units are in constant standby mode, and hence susceptible to such problems.  Since the strike entered via the network ports, I'd say there's little chance of repair.

I would also go into your basement, and check to be certain Spectrum correctly bonded the incoming CATV line to your cold water pipe or ground rod.  If Spectrum failed to do so upon initial installation, you could get all your gear back and some.