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Frankly, you probably won't be able to buy anything that will protect you from lightning. There is do much energy in one bolt that there isn't much you can do about it.

Look at it this way, the average lightning bolt has enough energy to lift the Titanic out of the water. Given that happens in less than a second, you have an idea of what you are up against.

I suggest you pick a power conditioner which sounds better than just straight from the wall. When there is a danger of lightning, just unplug every thing.

Gs5556 brings up a good point. Airplanes are designed to withstand lightning because the plane's skin is ground to the electronics. Radio and radar towers survive because they have lightning rods.

A lightning rod is a sacrificial metal rod which is attached to a thick copper ground wire. Lightning strikes the rod and channels the energy to the earth. It doesn't have to be sacrificial, it may take numerous hits. I've seen copper wires range from #6 to 0000 size for AL.

This is not a do it yourself type of project, you have to have an engineering-electrical group who installs this sort of thing do it for you. Do understand what I am saying: I am an EE and I wouldn't design one for myself. The trade off is that lightning rods attract lightning.

Since I made my last post, I found a link where a guy's house was hit by lightning. See: http://www.digitalhomedesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216403470&cid=NL_DHDL

One engineering manager I worked for some years back had his place hit by lightning. Everything that was plugged in was destroyed, even things like the motor in the refrigerator. In short, if it was plugged it, it was destroyed.

Hope this helps...