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    Default Offline during rain?

    Do you guys like go offline and unplug the phone line from whatever you are using when there's rain + lightning? Modem was struck once few years back, now I practice that all the time lol. Especially last nite when the sky was as bright as daytime with repeated lightning and thunder.

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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    I don't, but my modem disconnects from the internet whenever there is lightning. I should probably have the phone line for it go through the surge protector, though.
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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    my phone line for my DSL goes through a surge protector, I've never had any issues

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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    I have surge protectors out the arse. no issues here.



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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    Nope. Never had an issue with lightning. Then again my house has like 8 grounding points.

    Years ago when I lived in Colorado, I was sitting in my living room watching a movie when lightning struck my neighbors solar panels. The hair all over my body stood up as debris rained down in our yard. A couple years before that (in a different house), I was bbq'ing during a freak storm and watched lightning hit a wind turbine across the field from me. The turbine landed on the owners truck...
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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    I usually shutdown my PC when there's a thunderstorm (well, when it gets closer than about 3/4 miles), and unplug it if there's a lot of lightening.
    I do tend to leave the router and server up, tho...

    I've been tending towards ignoring the storms recently, and I know I probably shouldn't...

    EDIT: my internet does go to sh*t when it rains heavily, but I think that's due to water getting into somewhere it shouldn't and I can't do a lot about it, seeing as everything in the house works fine...
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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    I've got all my equipment on surge protectors, and my modem/router running through a surge protector AND a UPS. Double the protection plus I can still surf on my laptop when the power goes out.

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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    Nope, but I'm on fibre optic cable...

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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    Quote Originally Posted by Omega View Post
    I have surge protectors out the arse. no issues here.
    Ditto

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    Default Re: Offline during rain?

    The last time I turned on my surge protector it starts giving me this smell saying "I'm about to burn" lol

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