Holy jesus: Lightning CAN strike through your computer

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Viperoni
So the surge went through your mouse and kb cables and to your hands....

/looks at mouse cord
/looks at kb cord

....

Time to invest in wireless.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Viperoni
So the surge went through your mouse and kb cables and to your hands....

/looks at mouse cord
/looks at kb cord

....

Time to invest in wireless.

why so the expensive transmitters can blow up instead?

 

[skyking]

Did you miss the part about the burns?

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Good thing you weren't pleasuring yourself while watching internet porn... point of entry...

I am reminded of a Bash.org quote about whacking it in a lightning storm making you feel like Thor

 

[Turkey22]

After losing 2 routers and a nic to I realized my cable was the culprit as well. I went out and got a surge with a cable passthrough and havent had a problem since. Anyone with cable should do the same, I had the same setup for a couple years without a problem, then twice within a month or so.

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Can I sue them?

Course not... that's why they say on every episode to not try their experiments at home. Looks like you did so, unwillingly.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Can I sue them?

Course not... that's why they say on every episode to not try their experiments at home. Looks like you did so, unwillingly.

Yeah, but I'm a professional/expert, too!

 

[Bryan]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Pics:

Righty - the brunt of the deal
Lefty - one good one to the back of the hand

Sorry for the terrible quality, my camera is a right-handed device.

Pics:

Righty - the brunt of the deal
Lefty - one good one to the back of the hand

Sorry for the terrible quality, my camera is a right-handed device.

Enough with the pics of the girlfriend!!! Show us some toasted routers and nics.

 

[Qwest]

you guys dont surge your incoming coax cable line?

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
tami said:

in 1992, my dad bought me my first computer from the reputable brandsmart USA. it was an IBM PS/2 (170mb harddrive, 2mb ram, 386sx/25).

Dang, I am sooo jealous!! :laugh:

you should be. it was expensive as hell at the time ($4000).

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Bryan

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Pics:

Righty - the brunt of the deal
Lefty - one good one to the back of the hand

Sorry for the terrible quality, my camera is a right-handed device.

Pics:

Righty - the brunt of the deal
Lefty - one good one to the back of the hand

Sorry for the terrible quality, my camera is a right-handed device.

Enough with the pics of the girlfriend!!! Show us some toasted routers and nics.

They look normal.

 

[BigJ]

I thought it was common knowledge that it's not uncommon for lightning to strike and fry electronics via ethernet or coax cables?

 

[newParadigm]

WOW.

Can i say....WiFi?

Glad I got it, and a 3500 joule surge protector to go along with it.

Is it bad to have a 6 outlet surge protector with two 7 outlet power strips pluged into it, with like almost every plug being used?

~new

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: newParadime
WOW.

Can i say....WiFi?

Glad I got it, and a 3500 joule surge protector to go along with it.

Is it bad to have a 6 outlet surge protector with two 7 outlet power strips pluged into it, with like almost every plug being used?

~new

Bahahahahah. Makes it much easier to disconnect all your electronics, no?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: newParadime
WOW.

Can i say....WiFi?

Glad I got it, and a 3500 joule surge protector to go along with it.

Is it bad to have a 6 outlet surge protector with two 7 outlet power strips pluged into it, with like almost every plug being used?

~new

Wireless is for girls. It's expensive, slow, inherently insecure, and overall inferior. Replacing all my fubarr'd ethernet gear wouldn't even cover the cost of entry for two wireless PCs.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Ohh...a bunch of dead parts, eh?
was it you that did THIS!?

 

[Saint Nick]

wtf? do you have like a steel desk or something? plastic doesn't conduct... and i don't see how electricity could jump out of the monitor to push you back :S

 

[chiwawa626]

Get a surge protector for all incoming lines - more or less anything that vunerable to lightning: surge protector that covers cable lines as well...

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: jndietz
wtf? do you have like a steel desk or something? plastic doesn't conduct... and i don't see how electricity could jump out of the monitor to push you back :S

Fvck if I know.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jndietz
wtf? do you have like a steel desk or something? plastic doesn't conduct... and i don't see how electricity could jump out of the monitor to push you back :S

Fvck if I know.

do you have carpet? many carpet fibers are slightly conductive.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Of course..Mythbusters is often wrong, ther methods are not perfect.

Mythbusters is right most of the time, but they're more for entertainment than anything. Still, though, I've noticed a couple of errors/omissions on their show. Once, I was tempted to write to them with "WRONG", but never got around to it. (nor do I recall which episode it was, but if someone's kind enough to provide a synopsis of every episode, I can scan through them and point out a couple that were wrong.)

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jndietz
wtf? do you have like a steel desk or something? plastic doesn't conduct... and i don't see how electricity could jump out of the monitor to push you back :S

Fvck if I know.

do you have carpet? many carpet fibers are slightly conductive.

Yep, carpet on top of concrete.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jndietz
wtf? do you have like a steel desk or something? plastic doesn't conduct... and i don't see how electricity could jump out of the monitor to push you back :S

Fvck if I know.

do you have carpet? many carpet fibers are slightly conductive.

Yep, carpet on top of concrete.

That's more likely the culprit, if lightning strikes close enough and the carpet isn't grounded, some (definatly not all) of the EM charge could build up on the carpet, then it's just looking for the shortest path to ground. My guess is the charge went through you to the keyboard. we would need pics of everything to be able to say for sure what happened.

 

[Saint Nick]

the desk is wood, it doesn't conduct.
the mouse/keyboard, they don't conduct.
i'm not sure if electricity can jump out of a monitor...

so i'm not buyin' it!!!