[TenTec] Another Lightning Srike

[Peter Burbank]

Kim,
I had a nearby hit about 20' away on my neighbors tree. The strong EM 
field blew a fuse in my Argosy but that was the only
failure. The field was so strong that it scrambled the brain of a 
little battery operated travel alarm clock sitting nearby.
All antennas were disconnected.
I'd check with T-T service dept before I sent it in.
73 Pete NV4V


At 11:36 PM 6/10/2007, you wrote:
>Well, it finally found me...
>
>Around noon or so a thunderstrom formed very fast almost overhead. 
>Antennas were disconnected, but had a very close strike near my 60 m 
>Force 12 Sigma 80 vertpcal dipole. I don't think it was a direct 
>hit. Anyway, heard a sound like a firecracker in the shack. Went in 
>and smelled the evidence of an arc, but no electronic smell. 
>Computer was dead and the OII won't boot. Only the meter lights come 
>on. It's packed up and ready for autopsy at TT. Good thing I have insurance.
>
>I found two arc-detecting breakers tripped in the panel and one 
>standard breaker tripped. GFIs are OK so far. Also lost a switch for 
>the home network, but all else seems OK so far. I suspect the MB on 
>the computer, since the PS checks OK but nothing happens when it's 
>plugged into the MB. I pulled all the PCI cards, the video card, and 
>finally the CPU and memory and it still won't post or even generate 
>the diagnostic beeps.
>
>I unplugged evrything from the OII and tried the standard reset: No 
>joy.  I can't remember the super duper reset, but I should probably 
>try tyat before I ship it off. WHat's that sequence?
>
>Kim Elmore, N5OP
>
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