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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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 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

theprincess79 2

Friday 2 November 2012 11:29

Why would u not buy a surge protector? It's just common sense to buy one. YDI for not buying the proper equipment to protect your computers.

s_rika 16

Monday 22 July 2013 3:58

I consider myself relatively tech savvy, and I have never heard of a surge protector for your phone line. I'm willing to bet most of the people who have commented are thinking of the normal power strip surge protectors. Then again, I've got a cheap wireless router and an adapter for my desktop, so I don't really have any need there.

CarbonCoach 11

Saturday 24 August 2013 1:26

Should have has wires from your electricity tingy to your neighbours cat battery tingy and it would burn his car too or start it and steal it sell it then you got your money back.

Zaharra 10

Sunday 8 December 2013 21:29

$ in South Afrika????

TheSmartAss10 21

Sunday 17 April 2016 5:37

I purchased a surge protector for $40 USD and it comes with a warranty of $500,000 in case it fails. RIP your PC hardware mate, I feel your pain, I built my own.

Clanesda 14

Thursday 12 May 2016 13:47

I'm not saying YDI because i have no idea what that is

tmealy89 2

Monday 14 November 2016 19:22

trust me. it wouldnt help. we got a power surge box from our electric company, lightening hit it causing all of our expensive electronics to short out, the only thing that worked was our 10 dollar stereo system........