Lightning strikes on your outdoors antenna, or dish, & power surge stories. - Blu-ray Forum

tron3 · 05-12-2008, 12:56 PM

I have a friend who works for Panasonic. Long story short, he sold me a 46" Samsung LCD HDTV for a thousand bucks. Model LN-S4695D. Yes, 1080P and VERY highly rated by Amazon users.

Gave it to my parents as a combo 50th anniversay - mothers/fathers day gift. Because of the severe storm conditions today, I disconnected the outdoors antenna, just in case. Why blow a grand and take chances?

I am very aware that there is a greater chance of the danger in the electrical outlet itself. It has some cheap surge suppressor now, but I want to update it.

A number of years ago, my sister lost at least a stero system and TV when a squirrel got into the power transformer not too far from her house.

Anyone have any stories to share?

Marquoz · 05-12-2008, 01:02 PM

My story is more one of why everybody should own one. One day I noticed that peripherals on my computer weren't working, and I couldn't figure out why not since the computer itself was working fine.

I checked the connections, everything was plugged in, so I'm scratching my head thinking maybe they are dead, which was odd because it was 4 different things. So I changed the plugs around on my battery back up system, and all of a sudden they work. Turns out during the night the non battery run plugs got fried out because of a surge. Ever since then, I keep a surge protector in pretty much any plug that has something over 10$ plugged in.

Beta Man · 05-12-2008, 01:35 PM

get a line conditioner with surge suppression that you can connect your Coaxials to.......

Living in Ohio without proper surge suppression would be like sleeping with the only hooker in town without double-wrapping

sinister184 · 05-12-2008, 04:12 PM

i have this surge protector/line conditioner from Belkin: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...uct_Id=163009#

works really well, rated to protect up to 4720 joules, and i bought it on sale at buy.com for like $40. They should be a must for anyone with a decent HT. If anyones interested its $50 on buy.com with free shipping.

http://www.buy.com/prod/pureav-iso-4...207514360.html

Beta Man · 05-12-2008, 04:58 PM

I have the same one, plus a couple monster power centers..... either way you gotta have something decent!!!! (I know Monster is over-priced.... I got them awhile ago! )

jsteinhauer · 05-12-2008, 05:09 PM

Late last fall I reached for a remote control that was sitting on top of either the BD or the HDDVD player, I don't recall which. I got a pretty strong static shock (the kind you give your sister after shuffling your feet on a carpeted floor). This caused the AVR to go into protect mode and shut down. The players were fine, and the AVR still worked, but the autocalibrate feature was fried. I had to send it in for service. I am very careful to make sure I discharge myself prior to touching anything, now.

05-12-2008, 12:56 PM	#1
tron3 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2004 Location:New Jersey Blu-ray reviews:3	Lightning strikes on your outdoors antenna, or dish, & power surge stories. I have a friend who works for Panasonic. Long story short, he sold me a 46" Samsung LCD HDTV for a thousand bucks. Model LN-S4695D. Yes, 1080P and VERY highly rated by Amazon users. Gave it to my parents as a combo 50th anniversay - mothers/fathers day gift. Because of the severe storm conditions today, I disconnected the outdoors antenna, just in case. Why blow a grand and take chances? I am very aware that there is a greater chance of the danger in the electrical outlet itself. It has some cheap surge suppressor now, but I want to update it. A number of years ago, my sister lost at least a stero system and TV when a squirrel got into the power transformer not too far from her house. Anyone have any stories to share?

05-12-2008, 04:12 PM	#4
sinister184 Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:FL, USA Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:52 Blu-ray collection:593 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:17	i have this surge protector/line conditioner from Belkin: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...uct_Id=163009# works really well, rated to protect up to 4720 joules, and i bought it on sale at buy.com for like $40. They should be a must for anyone with a decent HT. If anyones interested its $50 on buy.com with free shipping. http://www.buy.com/prod/pureav-iso-4...207514360.html Last edited by sinister184; 05-12-2008 at 04:17 PM.

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05-12-2008, 01:02 PM	#2
Marquoz Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New Orleans Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:167 Trading Score:2	My story is more one of why everybody should own one. One day I noticed that peripherals on my computer weren't working, and I couldn't figure out why not since the computer itself was working fine. I checked the connections, everything was plugged in, so I'm scratching my head thinking maybe they are dead, which was odd because it was 4 different things. So I changed the plugs around on my battery back up system, and all of a sudden they work. Turns out during the night the non battery run plugs got fried out because of a surge. Ever since then, I keep a surge protector in pretty much any plug that has something over 10$ plugged in.

05-12-2008, 01:35 PM	#3
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	get a line conditioner with surge suppression that you can connect your Coaxials to....... Living in Ohio without proper surge suppression would be like sleeping with the only hooker in town without double-wrapping

05-12-2008, 04:58 PM	#5
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	I have the same one, plus a couple monster power centers..... either way you gotta have something decent!!!! (I know Monster is over-priced.... I got them awhile ago! )

05-12-2008, 05:09 PM	#6
jsteinhauer Gaming Moderator Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:120 Trading Score:66	Late last fall I reached for a remote control that was sitting on top of either the BD or the HDDVD player, I don't recall which. I got a pretty strong static shock (the kind you give your sister after shuffling your feet on a carpeted floor). This caused the AVR to go into protect mode and shut down. The players were fine, and the AVR still worked, but the autocalibrate feature was fried. I had to send it in for service. I am very careful to make sure I discharge myself prior to touching anything, now.

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