Mother Nature 1, Pedro and Mrs Pedro zero

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 18th November 2006, 05:49 PM

hows this for lightening damage,,,

TV, VCR, DVD, Stereo, Fridge, washing machine,
adsl modem(

),
it actually blew the 32A ceramic stove fuse apart

,, all the phones, bedside lamps, clock radios,

but totally missed the neighbours,,,
and missed both pc's,,,

and no,
no early christmas,
no insurance.

the good news is it was Guiness's first day "home alone" (nice one Mother-) and we had to wake him up when we got home,,,

**Blknight.aus** · 18th November 2006, 05:56 PM

hey you got lucky.... I was tech support for a pc company up in darwin.... some of the stories i heard from guys bringing in fried pcs, (lots of capacitor confetti in there) Made me a devout believer in unplug everything you value during lightning and earth shield the main power cable from the junction box.

**DiscoDave** · 18th November 2006, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

...and no,
no early christmas,
no insurance.

Ouch! That's a big hit.

Sorry to hear about it.

Big shopping trip coming soon?

**abaddonxi** · 18th November 2006, 06:44 PM

Yep, had that one happen before.

Fridge, TV, computer, stereo.

Sounds like you got hit worse.

Cheers
Simon

**dobbo** · 18th November 2006, 06:51 PM

At least Guiness is O.K (No Ron it's not a typo on my behalf)

Would you have to get the house rewired after such a big hit?

**abaddonxi** · 18th November 2006, 07:03 PM

My lightning hit was a few years ago, but without the aid of lightning in the past three weeks.

Washing machine, dishwasher, toaster, dvd player. Got the 130 back with new head +new fuel leak, new oil leak, no air con.

So, to one mechanic who found the fuel leak, not oil leak.
To another mechanic fix the aircon.
That's one full day of sitting chatting to mechanics.
Booked in for another full day next week. I'm really expecting the guys who fixed the head to pay up for fixing the aircon. Working fine when it went in for head repair.

Cheers
Simon.

**dullbird** · 18th November 2006, 07:27 PM

i run surge protectors on all my expensive equipment, hoping that it might help in an eent like that............

one of my protectors insures my equipment up to £10,000 if anything gets damaged due to a surge while using it

**dobbo** · 18th November 2006, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by dullbird

i run surge protectors on all my expensive equipment, hoping that it might help in an eent like that............

one of my protectors insures my equipment up to £10,000 if anything gets damaged due to a surge while using it

With such a big hit I think the surge protector would be rendered useless, the only real protection would be to unplug everything from the wallsockets.

**fernockulated** · 18th November 2006, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by dullbird

i run surge protectors on all my expensive equipment, hoping that it might help in an eent like that............

one of my protectors insures my equipment up to £10,000 if anything gets damaged due to a surge while using it

10,000 pound aint gunna do you much good in a country that runs dollar currency

and where the hell is the pound key????????

**dullbird** · 18th November 2006, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by fernockulated

10,000 pound aint gunna do you much good in a country that runs dollar currency

and where the hell is the pound key????????

only if they didn't pay up

£10,000 is over $20,000

i was just using that one as an example all the others are australian

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