Re: Thunderstorm = fried pump
Not meaning to hijack, but, how does one protect against pool equipment getting fried? We have some really serious lightening out here and we've never had a problem. I had a whole house protector installed with the new main panel a few years back but we never had any problems for almost 20 years before that. We also use many UPSs and surge protectors but not on the pool equipment (except for the relatively new protector in main power panel).
Way, way back, when we first moved out here. I had a surge come through a phone line, to an external modem, then to 8086 system. The monitor and everything else, was unplugged from electric but CRT monitor lit up, the modem was undamaged, but it fried the power supply in computer. Everything else was fine. I was actually bending down to unplug the phone cord when it happened.
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