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Name: Rayburn
Is it possible for lightning to strike a PC that is completely unplugged from the wall? If it is, is there a possible way to avoid it? Thanks for your input. BTW, I checked Google first.
If the phone or cable line is connected then yes it can.
Just thought of another possibility. If you have a USB printer of external drive the IS connected to the wall I suppose it would be possible.
Good surge protection is in order.
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Thanks for the lightning fast reply. What about if everything is unplugged from the wall, like all modems, printers, and such?
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Only if you stick it on top of a pagoda. :P
The Firewall/Print/File Server:
1.26GHz PIII-S
1GB RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro
2 x GigE
Remote on/off
4 x 750GB HDDs
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Thanks again. The reason I'm asking this (in case you're wondering) is because an elderly lady that I know told once that lightning struck her old hand crank record player (I'm not old enough to know the name of it). She said the strike came in through the window that the player was in front of.
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That was called a victrola. I have heard of weird lightning strikes. Lightning doesn't always take the best path to ground.
Don't doubt us old folks, we NEVER lie and our memories are like steel traps.
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LOL yeah a victrola was what I was thinking it was called but wasn't sure.
Anyway, thanks for your input guys, much appreciated.
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I think you are getting confused here between getting struck by lightening and the effects of a lightening strike.
As OtheHill says, lightening can strike wherever it feels like, there is no hard and fast rules at to where and when. What happens with electrical equipment is that the strike can be many miles away, but the current travels down the telephone cable, power cables, etc till it gets to the equipment and fries it. Unless you have a surge protector which stops the current dead in its tracks.
So unplugging a computer will not make it immune from being struck by lightening any more the the ladies record players was immune, but it will reduce the chances of it being effected by a strike somewhere else.
Stuart
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