[sci.electronics] Lightning on phone lines

42_145@uwovax.uwo.ca (Ric Wheeler) (10/07/88)

     The only sure way of eliminating this problem is to unplug the 
darn thing.We've lost many a 1489 and 1488 (receiver and transmitter chips)
due to lightning,even with mov's on the lineJust put 'em in sockets,it 
makes for a quick repair when they get hit the next time.

42_145@uwovax.uwo.ca (Ric Wheeler) (10/07/88)

By ,unplugging the darn thing,I meant unplugging the telephone line.
	*just to clarify things*
                                       
                                          Ric Wheeler
                                          University of Western Ontario