During a storm

[Skeithex]

What do you do with your tech if there is a bad storm outside with lots of lighting?

[froggyboy604]

I unplug most of my tech from the wall.

[Skeithex]

most of my stuff is hooked up to grounded power strips, so there pretty safe.

[froggyboy604]

most of my stuff is hooked up to grounded power strips, so there pretty safe.

They are safe from most power surges from your power company, but a direct lightning strike from the sky will fry most electronics, and computers.

[Skeithex]

I remember a storm about a year ago that made one of the outlet safety slides on the plug pop off with the cord also being fried but my modem and PC were fine.

[froggyboy604]

That sounds like one strong power surge. I think, huge power surges are one of the dangers of using hand held electric devices like hair dryer, or electric drill since you never know when a huge power surge will happen, and possibly electrocuting you if you are holding a power tool while it is plugged in.

[Skeithex]

yeah I found it pretty odd, thankfully my ISP was open that day so I could get a new cord for the modem.