[mythtv-users] Power outages and UPSs

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Tue Jul 31 14:44:36 UTC 2007


On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:06:16AM -0400, Tim Gray wrote:
> If lightning hits within 50 feet of your house, pretty much everything
> electronic is dead due to the EMP.  There is no way to "protect" you from
> lightning, you can protect from surges which are incredibly small compared
> to lightning.  

That's not entirely true.

While it's not cost effective for a residence, you *can* build a
[[Faraday cage]] around a room, and it will short-circuit the EMP.

Cheers,
-- jra
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