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Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: lightning protection question
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Date: 4 Apr 91 02:49:05 GMT
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I recently read in a reputable computer repair manual that one can gain
some measure of lightning protection for an electronic device (computer, TV,
etc.) if a simple overhand knot were tied loosely in the power cord.  The
author says he got the idea from electronic specialists and that he uses this
technique on all of his equipment since the last time lightning struck near his
 home.  It seems that his TV was the only electronic device damaged by the
lightning and it was the only devive without the knot in the cord.  Even
his sensitive computer and test equipment were not harmed.

The theory is that the lightning somehow has to "work against itself" due to
the overlapping coil of the knot.   Sounds like voo-doo to me.  What does any
one else think.  Any validity to this theory?

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