They say the unit had a UPS, but the modem did not. The modem cable couldn't conduct the full force of the strike, so a lot of the gray splatter is probably exploded capacitors and other melting parts.
Lightening will do what it wants, without rhyme or any reason discovered by mankind.
Lightening vs. Computer
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Lightening vs. Computer
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Did they roast marshmallows? Been a PC Tech for a little over 11 years and never seen one that bad!
My Buddy is an electrician and he told me about a house he had to help rewire, the lighting blew a 12 foot lighting rod out of the ground and tossed it close to 30 feet away!
My Buddy is an electrician and he told me about a house he had to help rewire, the lighting blew a 12 foot lighting rod out of the ground and tossed it close to 30 feet away!
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Haha, that's what the US Armed Services should use nowadays, an electric harpoon gun!madmaz wrote:Did they roast marshmallows? Been a PC Tech for a little over 11 years and never seen one that bad!
My Buddy is an electrician and he told me about a house he had to help rewire, the lighting blew a 12 foot lighting rod out of the ground and tossed it close to 30 feet away!
Also Krispy, you sure that's not an Xbox 360?