General_Chris
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is it a good idea or not?? i want to know that so i wont blow hardware or something during a thunderstorm could it be bad to let it on or?
Leave pc on during a thunderstorm good idea..??
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°TheMadDutchDude°
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Very unlikely.. but it's never a good idea to leave anything electrical during a thunder storm on. I always turn my PC off just for safety reasons, although I am protected by a surge protector etc.. nothing saying it won't come through my wall and hit it!
General_Chris
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there was a thunderstorm a few minutes and heavily damn i could feel it but it was so loud omg nothing happens with pc now but i have a surge protector behind my desk
°TheMadDutchDude°
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LOL and that is what, 500 miles away from my house? Luckily it missed me.. Poor old Dutchies 
England is the way forward!
LOL lekker.. Engeland is veel beter man! Maar ja...
England is the way forward!LOL lekker.. Engeland is veel beter man! Maar ja...
General_Chris
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LOL niet waar xD
LOL not true xD
LOL not true xD
°TheMadDutchDude°
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LOL I understand mate, hence why I spoke in Dutch, I have lived there for 5 years of my life..
Prefer England so much more.. any way, what part of Holland are you in?
Prefer England so much more.. any way, what part of Holland are you in?
General_Chris
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i live in the south of holland a small city not even a city called rozenburg ZH = Zuid holland 
= south holland anyway going to bed heh school tommorow dammit but iam first 2 hours free yippy me lol anyway where did you live in the netherlands then?? i wanna know ikke ben nieuwsgierig als je dat snapt XD
= south holland anyway going to bed heh school tommorow dammit but iam first 2 hours free yippy me lol anyway where did you live in the netherlands then?? i wanna know ikke ben nieuwsgierig als je dat snapt XDGeneral_Chris
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yeah anyway thanks for the info it has been stopped here so no panic here now And + iam a little scared for thunder i was when i was younger like 9/10 years old and iam still scared of it not that much when i was 9 / 10 years old i was scared of it like hell iam seriously but now not that much
°TheMadDutchDude°
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LOL I guess your router is your main concern.. completely forgot about that one, well done Llwyd!
I used to live in Dordrect in ZHZ
I used to live in Dordrect in ZHZ
thelongster
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Back to the original question.....Lightning would more than likely strike your external TV aerial (assuming you have one) which would travel down to your TV and blow it, but if your TV was not plugged in that should be the end of it.....that's my theory anyway!
I'd rather not test it out though
I'd rather not test it out though
Switch everything off imo. Someone in a street near where I used to live had lighting strike their TV aerial and not only did it completely destroy their TV but it also killed a selection of other electrical devices in both their own home and their neighbours (who wasn't even connected to their aerial).
thelongster
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..the fact that this destroyed some of the neighbours appliances does cast a bit of a shadow on my theory of lightning conductivity!
While it's wise to turn off your appliances (and remove the plug from the socket) during a thunderstorm, I have yet to suffer any damage. I do usually turn my computers off, but they are all connected to good quality Belkin surge protectors and my main rig has a UPS. It's the brown-outs or spikes that usually do the damage to appliances anyway, unless you get a direct strike of course.
For those of you who don't know, I live in Brisbane and we probably have some of the worst electrical storms here. Our storm season is October through to March (this includes tropical cyclones). I posted some pics of a ripper storm that we had a few years ago here if you're interested. The storms are usually very fierce with large hailstones, but they move on quite quickly. Here's some news on a storm that we had on Tuesday (more than 11,000 lightning strikes were recorded lol)
For those of you who don't know, I live in Brisbane and we probably have some of the worst electrical storms here. Our storm season is October through to March (this includes tropical cyclones). I posted some pics of a ripper storm that we had a few years ago here if you're interested. The storms are usually very fierce with large hailstones, but they move on quite quickly. Here's some news on a storm that we had on Tuesday (more than 11,000 lightning strikes were recorded lol)
