Time sync problems

[Andy]

I'm not familiar with the PowerWedge, but it sounds better than the
cheap ones.

Let me just add one comment however. If a lightning strike hits your
power line nearby, no surge protector or UPS really provides
protection. The thousands of volts in a lightning strike can jump over
gaps and go right through these devices to reach the thing you are
trying to protect. That's why the best protection against nearby
lightening storms is unplugging.

Agreed.

Andy

 

[Andy]

I agree 100%. We had some top-of-the-line surge protectors on our 3
CAD stations when our business first opened here, and there was a
direct strike on the pole about 1/4 mile away. All 3 surge protectors
blew up like there was dynamite inside, and 2 of the 3 CAD stations
were toast. I don't know what saved the 3rd one, but I ended up
replacing 2 fried daughter boards to bring it back online.

SC Tom

We call that improper grounding.

 

[Bob Hatch]

No, and I didn't suggest that you should. I keep all my systems,
except the laptops, up almost every night too.

My point was that systems should be shut down (*and* unplugged) when
there are nearby lightning storms.

I agree, to a point. If we were to try to unplug all the electronics in
an RV we might have to dis-assemble several cabinets. OK, I could
just unplug the power cord from the park power, but experience tells me
that the chances of a lightning strike that close are slim. Very slim.

Point is that the OP indicates she turns off the computer and the power
strip every night "in case of" a lightning storm.

Just different ways of doing things.

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[SC Tom]

We call that improper grounding.

Guess we would have had to sue the power company- it was their contractors
that wired the building.

SC Tom

 

[Bob I]

Unless you ALSO unplug the the powerstrip from the the wall, a lightning
strike is going to take it and the PC out. Just turning it off won't do
much for any thing.