Lightning strike knocked down my connection and damaged my computer.
By louievill
@louievill (28851)
Philippines
October 10, 2016 9:03am CST
Three days ago lightning struck very near my house, we had no power for several hours, when power was restored I noticed that my computer was not working but I had Wi-Fi, so I called up the service provider cause I was sure the port of the modem was damaged.
After the company changed my modem to an upgraded one, it still did not work so the tech told me that my LAN card port was also damaged so I looked in my junk yard to look for a replacement.
Comes to show that lightning would indeed damage our electronics, I told the tech that I have an AVR and he smile and told me it was no match to the lightning and could have been worst
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Ever experienced something like this? We are so vulnerable to nature. any nature vulnerability stories? ( photo shows my new upgraded modem, the one with green lights that I got for free "gratis" lol
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Ever experienced something like this? We are so vulnerable to nature. any nature vulnerability stories? ( photo shows my new upgraded modem, the one with green lights that I got for free "gratis" lol)25 people like this
27 responses
@thelme55 (76944)
• Germany
13 Oct 16
Yes, that is why when I am in the Philippines, I get off all the wire of all our electronic gadgets from their suckets. It happened before that my smartphone was damaged when the power was back, when I forgot that I was charging my phone before the brownout.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
13 Oct 16
Oh yes that is why sometimes I shut down the main power of the circuit breaker, sensitive electronics should always have an AVR
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
23 Oct 16
@louievill That was really scary that's for sure.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
22 Dec 16
Wow, that's a near call. I am afraid of lightening. No, I have never experience a lightening damage. I was once in a lighting storm but was so exhausted that I slept through most of it hidden under my blanket in my tent.God the damage was minimal to your computer.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 Dec 16
Good it was quite far but now I know the power, will be more careful next time
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 Dec 16
@Gita17112016 in our place? Not so much but the whole Philippines gets struck so much especially during typhoon season cause we have a lot of open rice fields so quite a number of deaths and injuries yearly
@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
22 Dec 16
@louievill Do lightning strike very often?
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@moneychaser (813)
• Baguio, Philippines
4 Oct 17
That's why we suggest and require lightning arrester to some of our projects...:)
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@RebeccasFarm (89863)
• Arvada, Colorado
4 Apr 21
Its that damn pole by your house drawing lightening
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@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
13 Apr 17
Yikes! We had a bad storm and hail but thankfully no damage. I would be lost without my wifi or computer.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
13 Apr 17
I learned my lesson, turn off everything if there is a thunderstorm, might had been worst for me
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Oct 16
@LadyDuck oh yes that is why backing up is very important
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
14 Oct 16
Even our ref has an AVR and we have not experienced damage to refs due to lightning, good yours is covered by insurance
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@LadyDuck (471354)
• Switzerland
16 Oct 16
@louievill Even if the insurance covers, it's a big BIG problem if you lose your computer data due to lightning.
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
19 Oct 16
Lightning can damage electronics sometimes. At least you got a replacement for the damaged modem
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
19 Oct 16
Getting a replacement was the best thing that happened but I will be more careful next time.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Oct 16
Our electronics is a micro dot compared to the power of lightning, yes it sure did play a bad trick on mine
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
19 Oct 16
That is really terrible. We can't live w/o our electronics today.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
19 Oct 16
Yes that got me thinking too, at least when the modem was replaced, i could still do work on my smart phone, but the LAN port of my desk top sustained damage.
@Tampa_girl7 (50205)
• United States
20 Oct 16
We have a lot of storms here and I live in fear of the power outages breaking our electronics.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
20 Oct 16
Yes here too and the senstive electronics I connect to an AVR but this proved it's not enough, I better think of more ways to protect them or shut them completely in a storm.
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
20 Oct 16
Yes, lightening can wreak havoc on electronics!
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
20 Oct 16
Yes and I found out that it was just me, there were a lot of others in our neighborhood, different damages
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
18 Oct 16
And yes, the weathermen said it is not advisable to use our gadgets when there's lightning cause it "attracks" it like a magnet. So be safe! Good thing the service provider was efficient in sending its repairmen.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Oct 16
Sometimes we are so addicted to what we are doing that we ignore warnings , this time think I will de wiser.
, this time think I will de wiser.
@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
17 Oct 16
It is good to see you are ok and got a new modem.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Oct 16
Thank you, lucky ground zero was quite a distance otherwise who know what else would had been damaged
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
16 Nov 16
Oh, thank you for sharing, I thought it was a myth that electronics could get damaged by lightning
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
16 Nov 16
It can, it's so powerful even if it's not a direct hit it could do some damage, next time I would start unplugging things.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Oct 16
I am sorry to hear that. This shall be a very serious lightning strick. As it caused you no power to use and even the computer was out of work. I don't know how these things can be avoided. Perhaps changing to the plugs that can protect from the lightning strick?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Oct 16
I am installing more AVRs, could have been worst, there was no power cause it damaged a line transformer. Well at least I got a new upgraded modem, better than the old one, it's taller and upright as you can see in the picture so it's cooler cause air passes
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16759)
• China
11 Oct 16
Oh ! What an awful thing !Fortunately you are all safe and sound.There seems to be a lot of thunderstorm rain there,has the tech told you how to prevent your computer being damaged when the thunder crashes.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Oct 16
He only told me that even the AVR is no match to the lightning especially if it is near, I am thinking of plugging the AVR to another avr before plugging my electronics, perhaps that would lessen the surge.
Thank you my friend for the care
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
12 Oct 16
It is good that you got the replacement for the damaged part. Lightening is one thing I don't like to hear about its activities. In my country, there are areas prone to this natural calamities and whenever it strikes, it leaves a people crying.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
12 Oct 16
Oh yes, I buy junk lol so there are parts I could cannibalize, it's not burned or anything, it just stopped working an error appears on the screen to plug my ethernet cable when it's already plugged in. Yes it can cause fires
an error appears on the screen to plug my ethernet cable when it's already plugged in. Yes it can cause fires
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
14 Oct 16
Nothing serious or fried it just stopped working so I had to finish some work just using my smart phone, yes this modem looks better
@JESSY3236 (19912)
• United States
10 Oct 16
I haven't had that happen yet. But my best-friend had hers fried by lighting a few years ago.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Oct 16
Oh God, fried is much worst and scarry, mine only got busted.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Oct 16
Because we are too dependent now on our electronics
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