Thunder storms and PC'S

[raptorboy78]

Its really stormy here and IDK what to do, should i unplug my PC from the wall? what do you guys normally do?   

[ObeseWalrus]

Its really stormy here and IDK what to do, should i unplug my PC from the wall? what do you guys normally?   

IF you live where the powerlines is not under ground or you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere then yes

 

There's 3 tall cell towers close to me so I am safe for lighening.

[raptorboy78]

IF you live where the powerlines is not under ground or you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere then yes

 

There's 3 tall cell towers close to me so I am safe for lighening.

I live in Houston,Texas.

[Rorgash]

if you have good safety stuff in your house it should be just fine, otherwise if you worry unplug and make sure that the plug is FAR away from the socket as the charge can jump 1-2feet or 20-60cm

[Tacitus]

My laptop's ethernet port was damaged by lightning. Lightning hit something, the house's power was cut for a moment and when I rebooted my laptop (which shut off, it was connected to mains) the ethernet port was dead.

 

So from what I understand, power came into my PC through the power, and left by the ethernet port (hence breaking it).

[raptorboy78]

if you have good safety stuff in your house it should be just fine, otherwise if you worry unplug and make sure that the plug is FAR away from the socket as the charge can jump 1-2feet or 20-60cm

WOAH 2ft thats crazy ever happen to you?

[Rorgash]

WOAH 2ft thats crazy ever happen to you?

 

nah, its just actually possible if lighting goes through your wires in the house, tho 2 feet would be SAFE, 1 foot probably safe aswell, but im not sure who would be so lazy as to say, "Meh cant be bothered to move it 1 more foot"

[Kyuubixchidori]

Its really stormy here and IDK what to do, should i unplug my PC from the wall? what do you guys normally do?   

i love my $700ish invesment to death, so even though i have a power strip, i still unplug it unless im using it. yanking a cord takes almost no effort

[flibberdipper]

I would. For some reason my PCs like lightning (as long as it's a little ways away). They seem to run a touch faster.

[UnAdmin]

IF you live where the powerlines is not under ground or you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere then yes

 

There's 3 tall cell towers close to me so I am safe for lighening.

I also have 3 cell towers around me. I still use a surge protector.

[mgsstar]

A surge protector could be useful when thunder storms hit. I use APC surge protectors. I also have a surge protector from Monster that covers products up to X amount of money which is a pretty nice thing to have.

[WinNut]

If you live deep into a city it's fine, I live in south Brooklyn and we have had plenty of thunderstorms, I leave stuff plugged in all the time even though we have overhead power lines. If a surge hits and wrecks my laptop I would not be concerned, my specs are poop. (see profile)

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

I would. For some reason my PCs like lightning (as long as it's a little ways away). They seem to run a touch faster.

Wait what? Explain how that would make the PC run faster

[ZmanFTW]

Always use a surge protected strip. Even that is not 100% guaranteed. I never had a PC fried from lightning but one of the HDMI inputs on my LG LCD got fried from a thunderstorm. If a storm gets extremely violent then I start unplugging everything.

[SergeantJezza]

Wait what? Explain how that would make the PC run faster

 

Because of the placebo effect.

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Because of the placebo effect.

Hehe

[Albatross]

If you live in a rural area like myself, definitely turn off and unplug. You do not want to see what happens to things (personally) when they get struck by lightning. While it looks cool, what it destroys is no longer cool. :lol:  I'm extra cautious so I purchased a surge protector for 39$ from Amazon (300,000 insurance cover it claims) but even then I dare not let my PC stay on during anything more than just rain.

 

 

Always use a surge protected strip. Even that is not 100% guaranteed. I never had a PC fried from lightning but one of the HDMI inputs on my LG LCD got fried from a thunderstorm. If a storm gets extremely violent then I start unplugging everything.

Wow, the same happened to my Sanyo TV!

[flibberdipper]

Wait what? Explain how that would make the PC run faster

I don't know. They seem to run a touch faster when there's lightning a few miles away.