Sorry, I didn’t think that the gun was loaded.

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.

Say it ain't so

Did you hear that . . .  ah, must have been the wind.

Think it was Westom passing gas

There is another forum that I read where one of the regulars is a religious zealot that goes on long drawn out posts about how everyone else throughout time has gotten the message from God wrong except for him, and this one preacher he follows. I just realized Westom's posts are the same thing.

On a different note, lets all take just a moment and be thankful I was sober last night. Otherwise this thread would look like an Amtrak catastrophe right now.

And still posting what is irrelevant. That picture is not typical of a lightning strike. It is typical of something potentially more destructive - a follow-through current.

Is this like when the Weather Channel started naming winter storms?

A follow through current? Now that is some funny stuff.

I can't find any reference on the internet to follow-through current, but a National Geographic article starts with this:

That completely explains westom's writing.

+1

And an entire community is behind you!

+1 from here, too.

Richard Harrison discusses his vast experience in broadcasting stations:

Colin Baliss in his engineering book (who wastes time reading reality):

Apparently we must be wrong because all this only comes from over 100 years of well proven science; not from mockery and emotions.

Richard Harrison? Like from Pawn Stars! WTH does he know about electrical systems and surge damage.

Colin Baliss? Who the hell is that? I can't even find a name matching that in Poland. But you say he's an engineer. Well that explains it kid, see most of us on this forum are much older and have decades experience dealing with real world problems. And in that time, most of us have learned the hard way that "engineers" are some of the stupidest, dumbest, idiotic individuals to walk this Earth. And are currently responsible for 87.3%* of the world's problems.

* as figured out by an engineer

By the way - 6th grade math - 6kV * 10kA is 60MW of energy (which is actually a pretty weak strike). Old Colin is right, not much energy there at all... *rolls eyes*

westom, our resident KOOK,* has tried to teach us something and we refuse to learn from him.

Yeah, someone spells Bayliss without the Y... we're likely to stop following right there. I mean, does Baliss know Om's law? Does he know how many Cool Ohms per Fortnite it takes to make a Ferret?


*Keeper Of Odd Knowledge