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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 3 Jan 2014 13:52

huge flash of light ... power went down and then a crash bang ....
Our investment in electrical protection and emergency power was worth every cent. Shed kaput.

As a minimum make sure yr TV, computers are protected by a surge socket don't rely just on the mains circuit breakers.

:-0

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Claddagh

Claddagh Report 3 Jan 2014 13:56

It must have been very scary...thanks for the warning about a surge socket.Don't know what they call them over here though.

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 3 Jan 2014 14:09

Some lightning hits can be very scary, have all my electrical stuff connected through surge protectors, once bitten twice shy, I had a PC knackered during a storm in 2005.

Main thing is that you are ok - shed can be replaced but there is only one of you ;-)

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Kay????

Kay???? Report 3 Jan 2014 16:40

and get your surge sockets checked out every so often as they can fail to do their job...