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drventure:
Well. I'm back. Finally.
I had a lightning strike hit about 2 weeks ago. Took out pretty much every piece of electronic equipment I had plugged in. Even stuff behind UPS's and surge suppressors (and took out the UPS's and surge suppressors too!).
AC compressors, thermostats, Garage door opener, TIVO, stereo amps, all my network gear, phones.
And.... :'(
The No. 18
<sigh>
The CP itself was completely disconnected, as I was still working on it, but the PC won't boot anymore, powers up, then shuts right down.
No idea what else got fried with it. I'm hoping the speaker/sound system is still ok.
And I'm starting a new job in 3 weeks, but not a single computer in the house was usable.
Anyway. Numerous trips to frys and Best Buy (and orders from NewEgg) and I'm starting to get back online.
@thecornishhen
Thanks! And congrats on the new baby. Those are fun times!
@Dr.Zero
Love the handle<g>. I'm going to have to check out Progear.
@Ond
That is spectacular! Can't wait to actually get it up and running in place. Thanks again!
@DonkeyKong
Didn't recognize the name Emmett Brown till I googled it. Nice.
@Wilno45 and RoundEyz
Thanks guys!
Hopefully, there'll be more progress soon. I had to scramble to get a machine back up, still having to fight with the Alarm system company to repair things, and with the UPS company to reimburse me (those units were both under warranty and have a 250,000$ equipment gaurantee. We'll see how that works out.
newmanfamilyvlogs:
How horrible :(
Good luck with your UPS reimbursement. I've always wondered how they might honour those.
gryhnd:
--- Quote from: drventure on July 15, 2010, 12:20:05 am ---I had a lightning strike hit about 2 weeks ago. Took out pretty much every piece of electronic equipment I had plugged in. Even stuff behind UPS's and surge suppressors (and took out the UPS's and surge suppressors too!).
--- End quote ---
Whoa...that sucks for sure.
We had a strike like that the end of May. I did lose one hub/switch, needed to power cycle another and my garage door had mysteriously opened itself. Neighbors next door had recessed lights knocked out of their ceiling by the sound. The electric co.'s digital meter on our house blew its brains out, but continued to function. Luckily we otherwise came away unscathed.
The same can't be said for the two trees it hit (this one looked pretty excited by the whole event), nor the sidewalk which had multiple huge junks of asphalt blown out of it.
Benevolance:
That sucks. But, at the risk of seeming insincere...
Let's just be clear what you're saying here: a steampunk arcade cabinet, a painstakingly crafted conglomeration of art and function, hand assembled by an ingenious mad scientist in the very heart of his secret lair, got struck by lightning. That is some hard-core authentic ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- you've got going on. :laugh2:
EightBySix:
Really sorry to hear about what happened.
--- Quote from: Benevolance on July 15, 2010, 02:34:35 pm ---That sucks. But, at the risk of seeming insincere...
Let's just be clear what you're saying here: a steampunk arcade cabinet, a painstakingly crafted conglomeration of art and function, hand assembled by an ingenious mad scientist in the very heart of his secret lair, got struck by lightning. That is some hard-core authentic ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- you've got going on. :laugh2:
--- End quote ---
It IS kind of ironic though. I suddenly got a picture of you in my head like this one...
When you get No18 back online, promise me you'll say "It's ALIVE!"....
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