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Lightning

There was a storm that I thought had passed.....I was down in the man cave just pulling a record from the turntable and pop! a lightning strike about 100 feet from the house and the lights went out. It knocked out the right channel of my 3 month old Ortofon Cadenza Red, volume control of my Raysonic SLP 120 integrated(stuck at max) Also damaged is my internet modem, wifi and alarm system- two days after I was downsized out of a job.

Unfortunately, the Raysonic was not plugged into my Furman PC since I was playing with power cords and was using an outlet strip due to the thickness of the cord. It looks like a surge went from the outlet thru the Raysonic, interconnect and into the turntable thru the Whest phono into the cartridge?

What suggestions does everyone have about protection against such events? Sure I can unplug things but what if I am not at home and a storm rolls up?
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schubert
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Heyrazz, I never would have if the wire in question was not grounded to a 6 ft iron stake pounded in the ground with water poured over it which was SOP for Army field telephone switchboards.
I was once looking out of a barn window during a moderate T-storm when a bolt hit a 1200 lb Holstein not 100 ft from me,she was on her back with all 4 legs straight up as straight can be within 2 seconds. Amazing sight !
schubert
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I was struck by lighting twice, lucky I was grounded both times. Second time I was laying commo wire in the army and had a retinal image burned in my brain of the lightning rod being no more than a meter from the ground about a hundred meters away and making a perfect 90degree turn to the commo wire I held in my hand.
First and only time in my life that I made a perfect total backflip!
schubert
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Abuck, not really, it was just like you said, the other two wireman told me.
I can still see the bolt though, it was like a snapshot taken with a Lieca at one 10,000 of a second.
I had a boyhood buddy who was killed working on Navy Radar underway.
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