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mgb:
I would love to be there when the geek squad guy looks at that. :applaud:

drventure:

--- Quote ---If I worked for Geek Squad...well, first of all, I'd have to kill myself.
--- End quote ---

 :laugh2:

Well, geek squad was a bust. I spent 140$ for the guy basically to try turning on the machine, see that it didn't boot, and write up a letter that basically said, "The machine doesn't boot, it appears to be the motherboard. Recommend replacing motherboard"

Seriously. That's an almost literal quote.

I was steamed (and not in a good steampunk way  :) )

I went back up there when the guy that did that "diagnostic" was actually back on duty and asked him "WTF?" to which he replied "We can't test individual components". Seriously? W....T....F?

Anyway, got my money back from that waste of time, and took them over to Fry's. The guys there seemed a lot more accommodating. Here's hoping they do a proper diagnostic. At least when I described what I needed, he looked at me like "Yeah, that's what a diagnostic is supposed to be, isn't it?" which was a good sign.

About Rush's drum kit. Holy hell! Only thing is, if you look too closely, it all just looks like a bunch of painted on gears. More Hollywood show that otherwise, but still, I'm betting it looks damn good in concert!

So far, other than the 1% deductible, insurance has been pretty decent.

One thing about surge suppressors that I did not know. Apparently, none of the consumer grade versions protect from spikes on the GROUND line. So, if, say, you had lightning strike the ground, close enough, or strike a grounding spike outside in a certain way, it could cause a surge up the ground line, back into the house. If that happens, most suppressors are useless.

At least, that's what an electrician and several knowledgeable guys at work has said, independently.

Who knows...

I suppose it's still better to have a suppressor on the line than not, but that was pretty annoying to hear.

Got a replacement speaker system (exact same model as what's in the cab). will be using it to figure how much damage was done to the sound system. Hopefully, I can just swap out the PS board inside the sub (or just swap out the sub completely).

TEKNYNE:
The people you talked to are correct about the damage from the surge but it is most likely did not come in from the ground but from the hot lead, but since your surge suppressor was most likely a mode 2 device or mode 3 surge device
the resulting surge was directed to the ground. Mode 2 if I remember correctly goes strait to ground and mode 3 goes to the neutral and ground. The resulting surge on mode 2 and 3 devices can cause damage to low voltage circuits on pc and av equipment that use ground as a reference voltage. You should look for mode 1 surge suppressors that use a inductor to handle the surge and release it back through the neutral only.

drventure:
Hey Teknyne.

Did not know that. Any idea how to discern whether a device is mode1 2 or 3? I've never seen any indication of a mode on any of the surge suppressors I've bought.

For instance, I just picked up an APC Backups ns-1250

http://www.amazon.com/APC-Back-UPS-1250-LCD-connector/dp/B001QFLRRI

But I didn't see any notes about a mode.

I'll do some more digging and see what I come up with...

drventure:
Maybe something like this?

http://www.zerosurge.com/eightoutletmodels.cfm

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