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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Lightning Protection Advice Needed
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 16:27:32 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 30 16:27:32 1987
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> 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...

I've been taken to task for this in private mail, and should amend it
slightly.  The main purpose of the phone company's protectors on lines
is prevention of shock and fire hazards.  Protection of subscriber-end
equipment actually did play some role in setting their protection
standards, but the equipment they were thinking of was the phones and
modems that were current at the time... generally rather more robust
than much of today's equipment.
-- 
"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