why it is advisable to switch off radio or tv during lightning storm?

Answer 1

during lightning or thunderstorms high voltage electricity gets released and when this high voltage electricity comes into contact with any wires or antennae thats not properly grounded it gets passed on and reaches the electrical/electronic appliances that are up and running and damages them. as most of these appliances are not capable of managing such high voltages.

if you keep the radio/tv switched off during such times then it means you are preventing this high voltage electricity from passing on to your tv/radio and are safeguarding it from damage.

Answer 2

It is advisable to unplug any electronics during an electrical storm in the likely event of your house getting struck. The only thing I ever unplugged was my antenna to my ham radios. Otherwise, everything stayed plugged in.

Answer 3

If your television, computer,radio or any other electronic equipment is plugged in during an electrical storm, a surge of electricity may cause their circuits to be fried for lack of a better term. They don't have to be unplugged, simply turned off.

Answer 4

Yes please the unplug aerial and the mains supply too. I had an uncle who was a telephone engineer who strongly advised this. One night there was a terrific thunderstorm in the town where his son lived. Taking his father's advice, he unplugged his TV and VCR. A few minutes later there was an almighty bang and a flash. Lightening had struck something in their street. My cousin's TV and VCR were OK, but all those that had not taken such precautions had theirs "fried" !

Answer 5

Its advisable to unplug them as well as switching off. If lighting strikes power cables then it can fry any electric equipment plugged in.

Answer 6

hi, No, all this nonesense approximately issues blowing up or bursting into flame is a tens of millions to one hazard. safer to stay indoors. I also have a metallic-framed conservatory. that's a "Faradays cage" in that a lightening strike will merely whiz right down to Earth in the time of a strike. eating occupants completely uninjured, if a tad alarmed. the television aireal is in the loft, the telephone merely stored on working,regardless of a right away lightening stike that hit the chimney, and the full place form of "flashed", no harm completed Bob

Answer 7

If there is a power surge (house or electric lines getting hit by lightening, for example) it might fry them. That's why you hear of power bars having a surge protector on them.

Answer 8

Due to impact of radio waves.