Storms ruin your electronics?
- Thread starter Katrina
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In 2006, my laptop got ruined by a severe lighting storm because I was an idiot and left it plugged in along with my tv and expensive home phone system that I had. I was pretty aggravated about it.
That's no fun. We had storms the other night and the lights flickered so we quickly turned off the tv and I shut down my laptop. The problem is that electricity still gets into those when plugged in, so a surge could potentially happen and harm those items.
Whenever I hear there's going to be a severe t-storm, I unplug everything. I don't want a repeat of what happened 16 years ago. I couldn't afford a new laptop back then with what I was making. Minimum wage was $6.24 an hour.
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No. All my electronics are plugged into surge protectors.
I was working online on my computer when storms would happen that day. I didn't think that much of it, but then it happened. It surged my computer, my 2 PS4's, and some small stuff. We had to fix the 2 PS4's, and the computer. We went to fix my pre-built, the WHOLE system surged. It was BURNT inside the motherboard. I remember touching the piece, and it felt like an actual burn. The parts are still at the shop.
We bought a new pre-built. For now. I do online "work." Social Media, YT, and my websites.
But it was a learning experience for me. I know storms are bad, but I didn't think it was gonna do THAT kind of damage. I thought it was just gonna turn off stuff. Most did, my TV's went unscathed.
Since then, we bought power surges. We learned the lesson.
We bought a new pre-built. For now. I do online "work." Social Media, YT, and my websites.
But it was a learning experience for me. I know storms are bad, but I didn't think it was gonna do THAT kind of damage. I thought it was just gonna turn off stuff. Most did, my TV's went unscathed.
Since then, we bought power surges. We learned the lesson.
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