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Re: protection against electrical surge-(lightning)

This would be a good place to learn about surge protectors. I hope this answers your question. Just google surge protectors if you need more information.

Item 4 covers lightning.

How Surge Protectors Work
by Tom Harris

»www.howstuffworks.com/surge-protector.htm

Inside This Article
1. Introduction to How Surge Protectors Work
2. The Process of Protection
3. Other Systems
4. Surge Sources
5. Protecting Your Equipment
6. Levels of Surge Protection
7. Picking the Right Surge Protector
8. Lots More Information
9. See all Security articles

When you put together a computer system, one piece of standard equipment you'll probably buy is a surge protector. Most designs serve one immediately obvious function -- they let you plug multiple components into one power outlet. With all of the different components that make up a computer system, this is definitely a useful device.

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