We're not talking about lightning strikes. One of those on your TV aerial or even local chainlink fence will do similar damage to all electrical kit in the vicinity. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 10:26, Steve Wright wrote: > Because the isolation devices are *physically small* considering the > amount of *energy* that has the potential to be dissapated in this case. > Remind yourself that the cable would almost certainly be turned into a > smoking grey line on the ground before the energy surge actually arrived > at your PC, consequently protecting the isolation device on the NIC. If > the energy burst DID actually arrive at your PC, it is likely that YOU > will be turned into a smoking grey line on the ground. > > I will not comment further on this thread. Other than saying that I disagree on a theoretical and practical basis with just about all of the above, so will I. But will people please not perpetuate this myth without backing it up with some facts? Thanks. Vik :v) -- Vik Olliver <vik@econz.co.nz> ECONZ Ltd. http://econz.co.nz ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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