Idalia and Power Issues

I had started another thread on whole house surge protectors and the value of using them in combination with plug-in surge protectors. Forty-eight hours after I started that thread the weather models all started forecasting it would go over my head sometime Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

I’m going to use this thread to keep track of any power problems I experience.

My power protection:

• Siemens BoltShield in the panel
• Furman with SMP, LiFT and EVS in the HT rack
• Three APC UPS used for PC’s, telecom and nightstand
• External gas-discharge tube on coaxial Internet
• 3’ of fiber to air gap the modem from the router
• Ethernet isolator before HT network switch
• Tripp Lite Isobar surge strips in a couple of locations.

Of course, the ideal situation is to unplug everything before a major storm, but that only works if you know they are going to happen.

I'd like to ask this thread to stay focused on Idalia and any power related issues you suffer as a result.