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Heard popping sound and saw a flash after a thunder strike near my equipment

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FlevasGR:
I've been opening all the gear and sniffing it  ???

Nothing out of the ordinary yet. 

engrguy42:

--- Quote from: FlevasGR on May 22, 2020, 11:49:03 am ---I've been opening all the dear and sniffing it  ???

Nothing out of the ordinary yet.

--- End quote ---

Just be careful...those St Elmo's zombies can hide anywhere... :D

BTW, if there's a wall outlet (power, network, etc.) near where you saw the flash maybe take a look and see if you see any black spots. Just don't touch anything.

FlevasGR:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on May 22, 2020, 11:55:31 am ---
--- Quote from: FlevasGR on May 22, 2020, 11:49:03 am ---I've been opening all the dear and sniffing it  ???

Nothing out of the ordinary yet.

--- End quote ---

Just be careful...those St Elmo's zombies can hide anywhere... :D

BTW, if there's a wall outlet (power, network, etc.) near where you saw the flash maybe take a look and see if you see any black spots. Just don't touch anything.

--- End quote ---

I'm well prepared. I sprayed the equipment with holly water.

Cyberdragon:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on May 22, 2020, 11:10:00 am ---
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on May 22, 2020, 10:32:35 am ---As well as any surge protection devices, it could also be caps in input filters that got damaged, which would also not stop the equipment working

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Unless they got shorted by the voltage spike...which might cause the input fuse to blow...which would mean the equipment won't turn on...

Or maybe the components shorted then blew up real quick, causing an open circuit...and the fuse didn't have time to blow.

Or maybe the components have MOV's in parallel, and the MOV's handled the spike...or maybe they shorted first... but that would mean the fuse would blow...unless it didn't have time....

The list of hypotheticals goes on for miles...  :D :D

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Anyone who's delt with exploding Rifas knows that high end gear never puts the fuse before the damn input filter. Nah, that would be way to nice... ::)

RoGeorge:
Could have been worst, like this Anomaly from Metro!   :phew: 



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