[Elecraft] [K3] Be Careful in Lightning Season

[Bob]

Kind of  hard to evaluate if it worked or not but I can say the only thing I every
lost due to lightning was a phone modem.  I put a surge arrestor in from this
company about 25 years ago.  I know a neighbor who lost a control board in a
dishwasher after a close strike.  Here:

http://deltala.com/mcart/index.cgi

Our now defunct local electrical supply warehouse had them in stock back
then.   I'd like to think it worked but even if not I got my money's worth in
"feeling better" about it being there.

I'm not aware of my power company (JCP&L) even offering any devices but
if these are functional equal it would not take that long to pay for itself if the
charge was $3 a month.

73,
Bob
K2TK   ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR


On 6/18/2011 11:42 AM, Larry stowell wrote:
> Pete
> It came in on the cable and I'm not sure about the AC, it was selective on what it effected.
>
> I'll look into the whole house surge protector.
>
> 73 Larry K1ZW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr at contesting.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:05 AM
> To: Larry stowell
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Be Careful in Lightning Season
>
> Hi Larry - ouch!  It would be worth some effort to track down what the
> entry path was.  From the wide variety of devices affected, I suspect
> the AC service.  We have a big surge protector right at the meter,
> courtesy of the power company, and I'm pretty well convinced it is worth
> the $3/month rent.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
>