Indeed....when I was in Jr. High, we lived in PA, about 27 air miles east of PGH. Our house was so high on this hill that I could receive CJOM-FM Windsor, Ont/Detroit 24/7 365 with a pull-out antenna. WRCT-FM PGH was then only 10 watts....could get it in stereo at this house with an in-attic yagi. This place was DX-heaven.
Needless to say, lightning hit our house and yard fairly often. One time it blew up TVs, radios, melted the gutter and blew foil-based wallpaper in one of the bathrooms right off the wall. Would have been nice to have had everything on surge protectors.
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Originally Posted by Sandy G
I unplug about everything. We have thunderboomers & lightning around here-CAN BE all year- & it's cheap insurance. Maybe its because I got zapped in 2000 & lost a beloved Yammy CA-2010,a B&O TT, a Panasonic CT-3311, a 2.75" color set, & some other stuff... Fool me once, shame on You. Fool me twice, Shame on Me...And every oncet in a while, good ol' TVA will send a voltage spike just to see who's payin' attention. Not supposed to hurt yr stuff, but...
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