[Gllug] ADSL problem

[Christopher Hunter]

On Wednesday 02 Mar 2005 13:13, Russell Howe wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 07:20:55AM +0000, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> > NOTHING will prevent destruction of the equipment on a line by a direct
> > hit to the 'phone lines
>
> A wireless DSL router and cordless telephone would presumably eliminate
> such damage beyond the cordless telephone base station and the wireless
> router, both of which are fairly commodity components these days (if
> more than a little sucky in the ADSL router case). Then all you'd need
> to worry about would be any spikes on the power supply caused by the
> strike, or anything the antennae picked up (I'm assuming here that an
> antennae inside a building is unlikely to be hit, but I've no experience
> with lightening strikes...)

You're exactly right.  However, the damage done by a lightning strike may not 
just be confined to the directly connected equipment - spikes up the mains 
and induced spikes can wreak havoc!  I've even seen plaster blasted off walls 
when pipework inside got a hit.

Chris
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