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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Lightning Protection Advice Needed
Message-ID: <8657@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 12:58:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 25 12:58:08 1987
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> > Telephone lightening arresters are commonly used on all circuits these
> > days...
> 
> Yes, the phone company installs primary protectors where the wires enter
> your home.  These are designed to keep the voltage on the phone line from
> rising above 600 to 1000 volts depending upon the model, and the number
> of times that it has been zapped.  I found out the hard way that this is
> not good enough to protect some modems...

It is worth knowing that the phone company does not give two hoots about
what happens to *your* equipment.  They are only interested in protecting
their own; that is what those protectors are for.  And by the way, they
care a lot more about the lines and the exchanges than about the phone in
your house, even if you are renting it from them.  Keeping your equipment
intact is strictly your problem.
-- 
"There's a lot more to do in space   |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
than sending people to Mars." --Bova | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry