On August 27, 2018 at 19:44, GotGame said...
My modem was taken out last night. It is in an outdoor location and serves the purpose of taking the hit instead of the rest of my house. It succeeded.
Wild speculation rampant in this forum. If a surge was incoming to a modem, then at the exact same time, that current was also outgoing destructively into things attached to that modem. It is called electricity (as taught in elementary school science).
How does a modem's 2 cm parts block what three miles of sky cannot? That modem protection is wild speculation But again, most here believe such fables. Then post insults rather than one fact that explains what happened.
If a surge is incoming to a modem, that current is simultaneously outgoing from that modem. Nothing blocks a surge by failing. As in nothing. But a scam is easily promoted when one forgets simple science or believes fables from others who only learned to demean.
Classic damage is a surge incoming on AC mains. Is everything damaged? Of course not. Again, it is called electricity. Only damaged are items that also make a best outgoing path to earth. Modem is a classic victim or a surge that was all but invited inside.
A tiny surge on AC mains found a best outgoing path to earth destructively via a modem. Then voltage did not increase to blow through anything else. That modem earthed a surge. It cannot and did not block a surge.
A classic example of ignorance is Brad Humphrey. If anything posted was wrong, then he could say what it is - and why. He doesn't because he cannot. Those most easily brainwashed by advertising will insult so as to deny how easily they were manipulated.
Your telco CO suffers about 100 surges with each storm. How often is your town without phones for four days while they replace that computer? Never? Of course. Posted is what a homeowner installs for about $1 per appliance to have same protection. Since direct lightning strikes (or another anomaly) without damage is routine only when one properly earths a 'whole house' solution.
Only a fool believes some magic box adjacent to an appliance protects from any typically destructive surge. Thenl a $3 power strip with some five cent protector parts can sell for $25 or $100. One can learn from someone who was doing this stuff even 40 years ago. Others only post their emotions to remain safely brainwashed.
A protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Protection for everything is about $1 per protected appliance. Then hundreds of thousands of joules do no damage. Even that modem would not be damaged. Learn from over 100 years of well proven science. Ignore other who prove knowledge by only posting insults.
