Schubert, do you remember the flight in the air? I accidentally touched 220V in a receiver I was working on while in the Navy. I was thrown through the air about 10 feet. It was like a brief space in time was missing, the time it took to get where I landed. Don't remember the flight, just wondered how I got there. No pain at all, just bewilderment.
Lightning
There was a storm that I thought had passed.....I was down in the man cave just pulling a record from the turntable and pop! a lightning strike about 100 feet from the house and the lights went out. It knocked out the right channel of my 3 month old Ortofon Cadenza Red, volume control of my Raysonic SLP 120 integrated(stuck at max) Also damaged is my internet modem, wifi and alarm system- two days after I was downsized out of a job.
Unfortunately, the Raysonic was not plugged into my Furman PC since I was playing with power cords and was using an outlet strip due to the thickness of the cord. It looks like a surge went from the outlet thru the Raysonic, interconnect and into the turntable thru the Whest phono into the cartridge?
What suggestions does everyone have about protection against such events? Sure I can unplug things but what if I am not at home and a storm rolls up?
Unfortunately, the Raysonic was not plugged into my Furman PC since I was playing with power cords and was using an outlet strip due to the thickness of the cord. It looks like a surge went from the outlet thru the Raysonic, interconnect and into the turntable thru the Whest phono into the cartridge?
What suggestions does everyone have about protection against such events? Sure I can unplug things but what if I am not at home and a storm rolls up?
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