Poll: Do you turn off your Electronics in a thunderstorm??

[Anubis]

I was always told as a kid to turn them off. TV Comp..... Wer you? and do you do it?

i voted NO i dont turn them off

 

[BatmanNate]

My power strip guarentees up to $100,000 reimbursement in the event of failure that kills electronics, so no.

 

[pyonir]

surge protectors are my friend.

Not like we have a lot of thunderstorms in Phoenix.

 

[Glitchny]

mom and dad said that? lol I never turn anything off, the surge protector will do its job

 

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
My power strip guarentees up to $100,000 reimbursement in the event of failure that kills electronics, so no.

Good luck ever seeing a cent of that if you lose equipment due to a surge. You'd have to prove that your house is wired absolutely perfectly, that your power supply is in great condition, and that you took all proper precautions to prevent a loss from occurring.

That said, yes, I do turn off/unplug my power strips during a storm.

 

[AstIsis]

Nope..leave them on since my insurance covers any loss.

<-- is starving. Thanks for the reminder with the "I like food" option.

 

[spidey07]

No,

Whole house protection is the only way to fly. Stop it at the mains entrance and include all cable/phone as well.

Never turn anything off.

Also the only real way to stop it is to unplug the electronic device from any external wire. That is the only way to really stop a lighting strike (or whole house protection and a good ground)

 

[dighn]

i unplug my adsl modem and pc during thunderstorms b/c of possible voltage spikes. other electronics no.

it's not a big deal because we get like one "thunderstorm" per 5 years. mostly it's just a few thunder strikes (less than 10) per year and i can tell they are usually very far.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Glitchny
mom and dad said that? lol I never turn anything off, the surge protector will do its job

yes but you were a wee lil moron back then. So you prob dont remember

and everyone used to say it.

I used to leave them on before teh advent of powerstrips

 

[dullard]

I had to vote "I like food" since I do both. If it is a minor thunderstorm (which is most of them), I do nothing. If it is a big thunderstorm I unplug the equipment I fell is important to me (main computer and TVs) even though they are already on a power strip.

 

[acidvoodoo]

no and i like food

 

[GroundZero]

leave it all on.
double buffered surge protection.
all insured to $150,000 loss due to surges/spikes.

 

[Looney]

Good luck ever seeing a cent of that if you lose equipment due to a surge. You'd have to prove that your house is wired absolutely perfectly, that your power supply is in great condition, and that you took all proper precautions to prevent a loss from occurring.

Are you sure about that? The surge protectors i have don't have any restrictions like this... or at least i don't remember it. What's the purpose of having a surge protector if your home is absolutely perfect then?

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
My power strip guarentees up to $100,000 reimbursement in the event of failure that kills electronics, so no.

Good luck ever seeing a cent of that if you lose equipment due to a surge. You'd have to prove that your house is wired absolutely perfectly, that your power supply is in great condition, and that you took all proper precautions to prevent a loss from occurring.

That said, yes, I do turn off/unplug my power strips during a storm.

No you don't, you only have to prove that the unit itself was faulty. Aside from that, I wired the room myself and it's up to code, and the PSU is still under warranty. The surge protector's function is to protect from surges of this sort.

 

[GoingUp]

nope

 

[conjur]

Nope, I have like a dozen of those APC Office UPS 350 battery backups all over. Every TV (HDTV is on a 500watt one by itself as is the receiver), some lamps, all the computers, radios, etc.

Really helps as all of my phones are cordless, too.

 

[Kalvin00]

Well...there are only thunderstorms here every 1-2 years....and usually we do.

 

[MacGaven]

Hell No!'

I'll take my chances.

 

[TallBill]

i like food

 

[DrPizza]

Let's see... lightning will travel 3 miles through the air (which is a pretty good insulator), and you think simply turning off an appliance (which creates well under an extra inch of air as a gap) is going to stop the lightning??? Unplug the appliance.

Surge protectors... I've been a little dubious about those... Sure, they'll stop a surge, but a direct strike on a house I doubt they can stop.

But, for me... I leave them on. My insurance covers full replacement, not just current value. So, if my television is damaged, I get reimbursed the cost of a brand new television. Ditto the computer, etc.

 

[DrPizza]

btw, does ANYONE have $100,000 worth of equipment attached to a single surge protector?

 

[monk3y]

I know I SHOULD... but I never turn my computer off. I do indeed turn my TV off.