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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: Jumping beanPosted by steverino on: 2/3/2014

It does seem a puzzle. I would strongly doubt that the house took a lightning strike without you noticing, assuming you were at home during the storm. Additionally since there is apparently no mention of lightning in the area that seems unlikely. I don't know of any other non military source of EMP that could hit your house that way. I go back to a peculiar line surge as the cause. What is the fuse value of the PP3000? If it is higher than the upstream components then I wonder if there is some path by which a surge can travel through it without frying the PP fuse but damage the more sensitive boxes (lower fuse value or source components). Again as a precaution, I put a balun with 1A fuse after the PP for my preamps/CD player. I don't know if it's sensible or superstition however.

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