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Zapped through the aerial cable!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="PoloMint" data-source="post: 240787" data-attributes="member: 175235"><p>Yea the damp wall won't stop it, but anything metal on or near the wall will attract some of it, the better earthed the metal, the more it will attract.</p><p></p><p>But a tiny earth wire would vaporise instantly, along with the aerial cable, leaving your TV and most things connected a smouldering mess. But there's no way of avoiding this, if the aerials not earthed TV will still go, even if the aerial is earthed to a lightning conductor (which isn't good for reception) the TV will take enough of the hit to write it off. Unplugging the aerial in an electrical storm and keeping the end well away from anything electrical is one preventative measure, but again that messes with reception <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /> (but the electrical storm itself will cause some interference anyway). </p><p></p><p>Anyway a bigger worry is the power lines being hit, much more likely to happen, and would probably damage a lot more that just the TV equipment.</p><p></p><p>A friends telephone line was once hit, they were out at the time, when they got back they said it looked like a bomb had gone off in their home office, but it was just the fax machine exploding... The phone company denied and denied it could be because of a hit to their lines, then accepted and coughed up some cash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PoloMint, post: 240787, member: 175235"] Yea the damp wall won't stop it, but anything metal on or near the wall will attract some of it, the better earthed the metal, the more it will attract. But a tiny earth wire would vaporise instantly, along with the aerial cable, leaving your TV and most things connected a smouldering mess. But there's no way of avoiding this, if the aerials not earthed TV will still go, even if the aerial is earthed to a lightning conductor (which isn't good for reception) the TV will take enough of the hit to write it off. Unplugging the aerial in an electrical storm and keeping the end well away from anything electrical is one preventative measure, but again that messes with reception :-rofl2 (but the electrical storm itself will cause some interference anyway). Anyway a bigger worry is the power lines being hit, much more likely to happen, and would probably damage a lot more that just the TV equipment. A friends telephone line was once hit, they were out at the time, when they got back they said it looked like a bomb had gone off in their home office, but it was just the fax machine exploding... The phone company denied and denied it could be because of a hit to their lines, then accepted and coughed up some cash. [/QUOTE]
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