Miscellaneous: Today, my telephone line was hit by lightning. I discovered that...

By MotherNatureMustDie - 27/10/2009 12:32 - South Africa

Today, my telephone line was hit by lightning. I discovered that not only will lightning fry a router, it will also destroy any PCs connected to that router via network cables. I also discovered that a $10 phone line surge protector would have saved nearly $3,000 worth of PC equipment. FML

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By starrybrooke - 06/04/2009 08:40 - United States

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Today, my cat decided that the best place for her to pee was over the surge protector where my modem, router, and printer are plugged in. FML

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By vinyl_mermaid - 02/03/2017 14:00

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Today, the toilet in the IT department basement broke and flooded the room with a foot of water. In the process, it destroyed a $7000 server and an equally expensive power supply. FML

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By BruisedPride - 10/09/2019 12:00

Today, I fell down concrete stairs trying to plug my computer into an outlet. I now have a twisted ankle, scrape on my elbow and a huge scratch across my laptop. The best part? The outlet wasn't even working. FML

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stunty_fml 0

Tuesday 27 October 2009 19:34

You lucky you. Surge protector worth 10 bucks would probably set your house on fire.

Fop 6

Tuesday 27 October 2009 19:28

HAH. YDI for not getting one though. This one was actually good. Also, I like the OPs name.

Comments

ObadiahtheSlim 2

Thursday 29 October 2009 15:14

3k for a computer!? What the hell kind of computer are you using? I can build a top of the line gaming system for under 2k.

GriefBacon 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 16:59

Don't you know about Alienware? Those things run around 4k and up. There is no top of the line gaming system for 2k, unless you're using generic product.

lordmoe 0

Friday 30 October 2009 6:24

True top of the line gaming computers are about 10k... any computer you build for 2k would be blown outa the water by a real gaming computer.

aurim 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 16:27

I live in CPT as well... that was one hell of a lightning storm. I think in my 27 years i've probably seen 3 like them. Luckily nothing of mine got fried, but our streets power did trip. And yes, DSL is the best option you have here.

GriefBacon 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 16:57

Yep. And some of the 40 dollar surge protectors will even replace any equipment plugged into them up to a certain amount (mine is $100,000).

RylDavidson8 0

Saturday 31 October 2009 21:54

Should have bought a mac.

fourzerofour 0

Tuesday 10 November 2009 10:14

I see you're in South Africa? I guess the houses there are not equipped with phone line surge protectors standard? Interesting. But yes, sadly it was probably not only the phone line that was hit, as it's unlikely the charge would travel through your phone line, the modem, the router, and into your computer... but I suppose it's possible. Either way, yes, surge protectors are good things. All my expensive stuff is wireless, so my router could fry if my protection fails, but not my computers. My stuff is also EMP hardened.