Paco Dennis
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- Mid-Missouri
Usually I enjoy posting pictures to various threads. I have to use my phone until at least Monday, so I am going to be limited to what I can contribute until we get a new modem. Bummer.
A lightening strike killed our modem
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David777
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- Silicon Valley
A frequent hazard in Missouri. Good luck PD.
My last eight years in hi tech here in Silicon Valley before retiring was working for a business phone system corporation testing, repairing VOIP media gateway switches. That includes mostly working under stereo microscopes, unsoldering and replacing resoldering in tiny micro devices that have leads so close one can barely see such with a naked eye. After retiring, it was cheaper for the corp to just throw away faulty PCB's, than to hire an engineering level person to do that repair work.
Arguably those telephony switches are about the most lighting prone commercial appliances, so have repaired endless PCBs with lightning damage that is sometimes quite spectacular with melted components and metal. Since most modern fiberglass printed circuit boards have several internal layers, many were obviously unrepairable fusing power and ground layers and worse.
My last eight years in hi tech here in Silicon Valley before retiring was working for a business phone system corporation testing, repairing VOIP media gateway switches. That includes mostly working under stereo microscopes, unsoldering and replacing resoldering in tiny micro devices that have leads so close one can barely see such with a naked eye. After retiring, it was cheaper for the corp to just throw away faulty PCB's, than to hire an engineering level person to do that repair work.
Arguably those telephony switches are about the most lighting prone commercial appliances, so have repaired endless PCBs with lightning damage that is sometimes quite spectacular with melted components and metal. Since most modern fiberglass printed circuit boards have several internal layers, many were obviously unrepairable fusing power and ground layers and worse.
Don M.
SF VIP
- Location
- central Missouri
A nearby lightning strike can quickly damage/destroy any household electronics....computer, TV., etc. The best way to protect such devices is to have them plugged into a good Surge Protector. If buying one of these, the Important specification is the "Joules" rating...the higher, the better.