Do they mix??

I mean...i've heard using a comp in a thunderstorm induces a certain risk to it.....

is this true, cos its thundering now...and i dont really wana come off...but then again i dont want a broken computer either

 

last storm we had it blew the modem,had to wait 4 days for ntl to come and give us a new one

 

its hard to say mate

ive always had my pc on during storms and nothing hapened

only probs i had was when i had a power cut and it surged my pc

luckily it blew my power supply onl but still an 80 quid power supply

so its up to you what you want to do

but from now on ive always used a surge protection extension just to be safe

 

i thought it was only with the old dial up modems, as they're directly connected to the phone line to the motherbourd where as now broadband modems are external.

 

ah well

storms over now

PC survived

 

never tryed flying a pc in a storm but an old bloke i heard about flew a kite in one and he is now a scientific hero

 

well we had a storm here earlyer one min on line then not had a huge flaash big rumble tried to get back on gave up but now all seems ok

 

the man benjamin franklin is the expert on this matter.