[SunRescue] An intriguing idea...

[powerpcpro]

Well, I can't argue with that, but...I would tend to think it follows the
path of least resistance. The phono jack was reeeeeeeal easy.

> From: "Paolo Di Francesco" <paipai at tin.it>
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:16:28 +0100
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] An intriguing idea...
> 
>> I have a client who UPSed everything. The dodo forgot to disconnect a phono
>> jack from his sound out port to his stereo. Well, when the lightening hit
>> his two-way radio antenna on his house and basically charged the electrical
>> system in his house to, let say at least 10,000v, it fried the living shit
>> out his stereo and his Mac 9500. It litterally blew out a chunk on the
>> motherboard where the jack plugged. the inside of the case was all black.
> 
>> The moral of the story is that you should make sure everything is either
>> unplugged or on an UPS.
> 
> Wrong even unplugged you are not sure against lightening...At that
> voltage electricity goes in the air :-)
> 
> So if your sun box (or anything else done with metal) is near the plug
> (or anything where the electricity is running) it will go through the
> air. Even you....have you gold stuff on your arm, or you neck? Well it
> could happen (it happened in the past)
> 
> 
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