[TowerTalk] What Killed the Computers? was: Re: Grounding of Amateur Radio installations

[WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA]

None damages as far as you know...solid state devices don't always die
immediately...some fail months or years later from small burnt spots in the
solid state material of the devices.  In other words the longevity of the
device may be significantly reduced rather than experiencing an immediate
poooof.

I use UPS on my end points (those boxes have the corcom type chokes and the
30 cent MOVs, etc. Unlike you Jim we live in a lightning alley where
voltages vary a lot.  I've replaced quit a few 130v MOVs and I'm happy to do
it.  While my neighbors are replacing coffee makers, TVs, refrigerators,
telephone answering machines, etc. I just plug-in another MOV ;-)

73,
dave
wa3gin


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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 4:43 PM
To: Pete Smith; Jim Brown; Tower Talk List
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What Killed the Computers? was: Re: Grounding of
Amateur Radio installations

At 12:07 PM 12/8/2006, Pete Smith wrote:
>Hmmm ... interesting k