Anybody miss me,,,,??
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Topic: Anybody miss me,,,,??
Posted By: desertjoe
Subject: Anybody miss me,,,,??
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 12:32pm
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Well,,like so many others here,,,this site is my "GoTo" place when I get frustrated or lonely or both,,,,,  Well,,,last thursday night ,,we had the dang'est lightening storm roll thru and made a mess of everything,,!! It took out our 2 WEEK old Phillips Big screen TV,,plus the Internet fiber modem in one big fell swoop,,,,,,SO,,no TV and NO INTERNET,,!! On Friday,, The Internet provider managed to do a composite connection on the TV instead of the HDMI connection as the storm took out the 3 HDMI ports on TV. Picture quality is not as good as the HDMI but at least we can watch TV. The tech they sent out tried to tell me the PC would not work as the Router was also fried,,,?? WTH,,?? I told him the PC did not know,,nor did it care if there was a Router in the line or NOT,,,stupid, stupid sob, anyway we were without internet,,,and let me tell ya'll,,when you get used to internet,,,,,,,it awful hard to find something to take it's place,,it is,,!! Had another tech come out this morning and he replaced the whole fiber system ouside and after 3 hours,he finally got the internet going. I think,,,I'm gonna make it all right,,,, After the internet was up and runnin, I get Phillips CS on the phone and after 2 hours,,they determine the TV cannot be reset to work thru the HDMI ports,,So I got to package that big sob and take back to Walmart,,or they will send one of their techs to attempt repairs,,maybe two weeks from today,,,,,I'm fixin to take back to walmart and get me a new one,,,,,,  Whoops,,plumb forgot,,,what do ya'll use for lightening protection of TV's and Computors,,??? Dang,,it good to be back,,!!
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 1:18pm
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least YOU got sumpdin to do... since I sold next door I've been twiddlin my thumbs,some times clockwise, then counterclockwise to break up the time.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 1:32pm
| I use one of these plugs with half dozen outlet on them that give you protection for power surge. |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 3:51pm
| our REA put a lightning arrestor at the meter, plus we use surge protecters in the house,,, thing is,, lightning does weird and crazy things,, and none of these are 100% against lightning strikes. I have heard of appliances going bad after a length of time after a lightning strike, and when checked out the tech will ask "when did ya get hit by lightning?" |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 5:59pm
| I have been hit a couple of times hard by lightning. I finally added two more ground rods which drove the power company crazy ( they said I couldn’t have a better ground than the line coming in the farm, but it checked ok) and my electrician added two surge protectors for each panel box. I like to joke my surge protectors have surge protectors. And then any electronics inside the house get plugged into power strips with surge protectors and when I buy them I buy the most expensive ones I can find I have had the cheap ones fail. And after all that we have been hit again but the damage wasn’t nearly as bad, usually it will fry the circuit boards in the garage door openers. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 10:42pm
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When God gives you 'the finger', there's really only ONE thing that provides any 'protection'... being in good graces with God, and the world. Having worked in HV power transmission, and on broadcast transmitters, electric passenger trains, and my current occupation, it is quite clear that the magnitude of force involved in a lightning strike is several thousand orders-of-magnitude greater than any protective device can provide. I've got friends who are still in broadcast, public service, and utility industries, and they all agree: A prayer is about the best you can get. When there's an electrical storm, I disconnect all my HAM radio equipment. I've had strikes that killed equipment that was disconnected... just that much of a ground current rise. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 10:45pm
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Whew......I was afraid you took a blowtorch to that trailer axle you were workin and maybe it all fell apart and landed on you! Good luck with Walmart and the TV......none of these Retailers are overly anxious to hand money back on the electronics ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 11:12pm
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Oh, you were gone? LOL Good you are back, good luck with the tv return. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 11:48pm
| welcome back buddy...i missed you! we use them surge protectors too, gits the biggest ones you can find...some even guarantee replacement of your stuff if it don't work. hope you gots sum work done on stuff? |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 11:48pm
| just think...it could have been snow! |
Posted By: Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2020 at 7:22am
It's WAY too early in the season for Shameless to be getting these thoughts in his mind. Nothing good can come of this!!!!! |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: DonBC
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2020 at 1:44pm
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After a power failure took out the electronic controls of a new oven I installed a whole house surge protector on the main electrical panel to protect those appliances that cannot be directly plugged into a separate surge protector. Almost every appliance now has sensitive electronics so the whole house surge protector also eliminates the need to have numerous surge protectors everywhere. ------------- Jack of all trades, master of none |