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Lightning and bulbs, tv, appliances etc.

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  • 19-07-2017 12:02am
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    Thunder and lightning outside and suddenly "crack"...and all the lights and appliances went off.

    So grabbed a torch, went to the fuse box, see a couple have tripped so flicked them back on again.

    But the bulbs are now in some strange half glow effect, tv works but Sky box doesn't, no noise from fridge etc. Suspect we got a direct hit...we live on a hill...but will this stuff all be back up and running tomorrow or am I looking at replacing bulbs, appliances etc. House is 10 years old so presume earthing pretty modern.

    Thanks.


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    aido79
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    Conor74 wrote: »
    Thunder and lightning outside and suddenly "crack"...and all the lights and appliances went off.

    So grabbed a torch, went to the fuse box, see a couple have tripped so flicked them back on again.

    But the bulbs are now in some strange half glow effect, tv works but Sky box doesn't, no noise from fridge etc. Suspect we got a direct hit...we live on a hill...but will this stuff all be back up and running tomorrow or am I looking at replacing bulbs, appliances etc. House is 10 years old so presume earthing pretty modern.

    Thanks.

    Surge protection is recommended for electronic equipment for this reason. Earthing will not protect equipment such as sky boxes or tv's as alot of this type of equipment is not earthed anyway.
    Chances are if the appliances didn't work when the power came back on they're not going to work


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