Wow oldmoparguy, what an experience! Modem is working fine. Just added a new printer (HP5440), which apparently was another victim of the lightning surge, and since it has a USB hookup and so does the modem, I had to buy a hub. All seems to be working fine and now I can finally print color. The old printer was a garage sale $5 HP 1600C but we refused to pay nearly $100 for the three color cartridges.
Lightning Surge Damage
- Thread starter TallPaul
- Start date
- Status
Has anyone used Panamax before for point of use surge protection? I am looking at Model M5300EX (pdf file)
What about using a battery UPS? You can't spike the power coming out of the batteries (from my untrained/uneducated understanding). You might lose the UPS but not the equipment connected to it. I've been thinking about getting one of these but I've been putting it off.
Most, if not all, of your consumer-grade UPSs (like those you would find at Best Buy and other retail stores) are standby, or offline, UPSs. These transfer the load to the battery when the voltage input drops below a certain level. A power surge or spike will travel right through one of these units, barring any surge protection it may have, because the input and output are normally connected directly together.
There are dual-conversion "online" UPSs that actually run the load off the DC battery bus all the time, (obviously supplying a charge to that bus when AC power is available) which is probably what you're thinking of. These are typically much larger UPSs used for data centers, though they are available in smaller capacities down to 1kW.
There are dual-conversion "online" UPSs that actually run the load off the DC battery bus all the time, (obviously supplying a charge to that bus when AC power is available) which is probably what you're thinking of. These are typically much larger UPSs used for data centers, though they are available in smaller capacities down to 1kW.
The most effective protection for those hairy, in-close lightning strikes, and resulting surges, is . . . insurance.
Timely backups, too.
Lightning can still induce a spike in the equipment.
Unplugging everything is best.
Unplugging everything is best.
A bolt of lightning even near the equipment can fry it even if it's not plugged up so I guess the absolute best solution is to not have any electronic equipment!
Anyone have any advice to give on power conditioners/surge suppressors?
- Status
