Thread: Lightning Fix
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Old 10-Nov-2010, 8:37 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by jp2code View Post
So, an electrical storm took out my tuner a few weeks back. Lightning did not actually hit the house, but there must have been enough static electricity in the air to damage the tuner.

Now, I have a surge protector to place inline on the RG6 coax coming down from the antenna.
I feel that you have a grounding problem. I don't think that a surge surpressor will protect you from another nearby lightning strike.
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