is it some kind of a device to prevent household merchandise from getting damaged by lightning when there's a thunderstorm occuring around?
2006-11-22 23:28:16 · 7 answers · asked by Cloud Strife 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You answered your own question Sweetheart, They're connected to the Computers, the Televisions, Telephones etc. to prevent the lightening from knocking these items out during electric storms.
2006-11-22 23:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing will help if it's a direct hit. What usually occurs is a surge. You can have a whole house device added to your fuse box or protect individual electronics with add on devices for each. It's almost impossible to protect against brown outs. Lights dim down but don't go out. This is just as harmful as a surge. Unplug sensitive electronics and turn off a/c until storm passes. Fortunatly people dont listen. I make a lot of money when they don't.
2006-11-25 03:25:34 · answer #2 · answered by mountainriley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way they are the same thing, but the lightning arrester works better. A regular surge protector protects against sudden surges in the power line much like a circuit breaker. It may not work on lightning because lightning has enough power to sometimes jump past that break in the circuit--to plan for lighning you need something much better, and it should redirect that energy back to ground rather than just breaking the circuit.
2016-05-22 22:07:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightening can do strange things. A lightening arrester can't always be trusted. If at all possible unplug all stuff when a storm comes through. I have my stuff plugged into surge protectors and when a storm comes through I unplug the whole strip.
2006-11-23 00:42:32 · answer #4 · answered by Roberto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pretty much nailed it. It's a device that is designed to blow, or burn out, or trip, when a surge hits it, thereby protecting the circuitry that comes after it, usually a house or some electronics.
2006-11-22 23:31:54 · answer #5 · answered by mxzptlk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called grounding rods. you install these on the roofs and it goes to the ground and usually 6 to 8 feet below the surface. and when lightning hits it travels down the grounding rods and saves the house from being struck.
2006-11-26 13:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOO its a little guy in shorts that chases storms and arrests all those that have speeding tickets!
ack...why ask a question when you have already answered it?
yes you right thats what they are..
2006-11-23 00:32:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋