[Boatanchors] Tube radio and power outages

[rbethman]

List,

Since we *are* talking about older tube radios, I do believe the relay 
that drops on loss of power is plenty adequate.  That is just like 
turning off the power switch.

We are NOT talking about SS radios.

I've got plenty of surge protection installed.

The biggest thing anyone needs to worry about are close lightning 
strikes that can, and I might add, *do* fry coaxial cables.

My daughter had one of these darn near to her house in a thunderstorm.  
It was NOT a direct hit.

However, her DirectTV cable from the receiver to the distribution 
box/amplifier melted.

The dish was NOT struck!  The receiver wasn't hurt.

On 9/30/2013 4:13 PM, Peter Loron wrote:
> I would install appropriate capacity UPS systems. This will not only prevent damage from momentary drops or brownouts, but will allow you time to shut things down cleanly.
>
> -Pete
>