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Unplug or ride out the storm?

In most years we have a couple of severe thunderstorms and to be safe I unplug everything. This summer is like twilight zone. Probably 15 or 20 significant electrical storms. I've been unplugging everything even though I have Furman surge protection and power conditioning. I'm confident it will work if called upon but don't want to put it to the test if I don't have to. Kind of like lifeboats on a ship. They probably work fine but you'd rather not have to test them out. The bad part (whether placebo or real) I'm convinced some of my components take anywhere from 2 hours to 2 days to really hit their stride when they've been unplugged and allowed to cool off. Just curious what everybody else does
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oldhvymec
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3 or 4 times in 45 years I've unplugged. I hear the thunder and the windows are rattling. I unplug. I was raised in Alabama and Texas as a kid..

I'm still careful around inland water too. The snake thing, it never leaves you.. I'm in the California Delta.. More likely to run into a feral pig than a bad snake..

Kinda fortunate here with lightning strike BUT they use to reek havoc with drilling equipment in the Sierra's. Lightning would strike a Mass and blow a few computers in the Cann buss.  It's recommended to lay the Mass down if it's in a thunderstorm. OR unplug the computers. Everything else will survived.

So is the smoke causing the extra lightning in your area? It's like Mexico City Mexico, where I'm at.. You can't see a 1/2 mile, 1/2 the time.. Here..
Nasty smoke this year..

Regards
oldhvymec
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And here I thought I could raise the dead. :-)

I was just gonna hook it up to the neighbors front security door.. Bigger :-)

Waist not, want not..  me Mums.

Regards
oldhvymec
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. That is the reason for a ground rod, to shunt the over voltage to ground.. Nothing more.. IF you put up additional lightning rods as diverters to ground that helps in places where you can get clobbered..

Outside antenna and a TV suck.. You want to be careful there.. My Dad used a big ol double knife edge switch, One way was inside one way was outside. C-47 static strap breaker. LOL While hooked up, everyone jumping can get struck with lightning at the same time.. without that knife edge switch.. No ED issues with the boys, on the plane, if that happens.. LOL

Grounds all go to the same place, ONE ground  pretty close to the main between the pole and YOUR domicile.

I mean didn't you watch the movie Frankenstein? :-)
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