nightmare week

[Martin Cole]

quote George Elsmore:

had a mare of a week last week on the 15th had a lightening strike outside my gaff it took out all my phones blue up my fax machine took out my internet and email took out 2 computers and the main board on my cadet 😥

Apart from that, everything alright Georgio 😀

You have my sympathies G, I did hear about it. Hope things are getting back on track.

Martino

[Harry Cleary]

Good to see you back George!! 😀 😀 that must have been a nightmare!

[George Elsmore]

Cheers Martinos Harry

I usually slag off bt but there engineers were great they worked day and night around here to get 400 phone lines back 😀

its now a case of damage limitation

[Harry Cleary]

Is there a way to prevent that happening……I take it surge protectors were useless?

[Marcella Ross]

……………. oh god ………….. look who’s back. Sh1t…….. I thought we’d seen the last of you.

😉

Glad you’re sorted G. Place was quiet without you!

[Shane Drew]

I assumed we’d upset you George.

Marcella is going to try harder next time I think 😉

[George Elsmore]

Harry the lightening strike came down the phone lines and blew every phone socket clean off the wall 🙂 it did make me jump a tad ….as it came down the phone lines it decided to go through my computer network 🙁 BT said nothing would of stopped it

As for you Marcella i would of been disappointed with any less of a welcome 🙂

[Marcella Ross]

quote George Elsmore:

As for you Marcella i would of been disappointed with any less of a welcome 🙂

I know ……… just admit it ……….. you missed me! 😀

[George Elsmore]

sorry do i know you 😕 LOLOL

[Phill Fenton]

Sorry to hear this – must’ve been a nightmare to sort out. Glad to hear you’re up and running again. I presume your insurance will cover you for this.

[George Elsmore]

cheers Phill,yet to broach it with the insurance thats my next move now i have phones back i am waiting for the "act of god" cliche 👿

[Nick Minall]

Now that is a nightmare, bet it woke you up though 😮

[George Elsmore]

It happened just as i was locking up at 5pm on a Friday looking forward to a chilled weekend 😕 😕

[Nick Minall]

Makes you think is worth unplugging PCs and things when that has happened 😕

[George Elsmore]

next time there is lightening about the area i will unplug and dont forget to unplug the network cables coz thats how it snadged me

[Martin Pearson]

George, sorry to hear about your misfortune, I am surprised that a surge protector wouldn’t have helped as I thought thats what they were for. I run the phone lines through a surge protector and thought I would be OK.

[George Elsmore]

all mine are through surge protectors but as the engineers said it even blew out all protection they have in place, after all there are a couple of million volts in a lightening strike and they have to earth out anywhere they can 😥

[Harry Cleary]

what do they say are the chances of it happening, George? Very scary!

[Graeme Harrold]

Should be OK now……..Lightening never strikes twice :lol1:

[George Elsmore]

yeah right 🙂

[Lorraine Clinch]

Do Belkin surge protectors not insure you against lightening damage if it occurs through one of their protectors? I know they have a lifetime guarantee, may be talking a load of old twaddle here mind…. 😕

Sorry to hear of your troubles George, glad you are getting sorted.

Edit: Just checked: up to £100,000 on connected goods with my Belkin Surgemaster. Was yours Belkin George???

[George Elsmore]

your probably right Lorraine but mine are belkin and i think there is a bit of small print saying except for a near direct hit

this is our alarm out dialler (blown clean off the wall) and how any phone socket looked with anything plugged in 😮

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[Lorraine Clinch]

The wording on the box supplied with mine is:
Connected equipment warranty

‘Belkin will repair or replace any equipment damaged by a surge, spike or lightening strike while properly connected to a Belkin Surgemaster up to the maximum value stated on the front of the package’ (£100,000 in my case)

Other types may be different, but they should cover it somehow I would have thought. They will also replace the surge protector FOC of course! :lol1:

[Lorraine Clinch]

I lost my home comp. a couple of years ago and later the work one, which is why I make sure I buy the Belkin ones.

[George Elsmore]

cheers Lorraine will give them a call 😀

[Lorraine Clinch]

I’ve had to call them a couple of times, and everything always replaced within a couple of days, no questions asked! Excellent service.

[Marcella Ross]

That must have given you one helluva fright George. 😮 When you see what it’s done to the alarm dialer……….
just as well you had your rubber gear on then eh! 😉

[George Elsmore]

I’m to dormant to jump at loud bangs and yes the rubber does help 😉

[John Childs]

Glad you’re sorted George.

[stevie thomas]

George

I guess your comps back on the net

I assume the cadet is still working ok

Cheers
Steve

[stevie thomas]

George

I guess your comps back on the net

I assume the cadet is still working ok

Cheers
Steve

[Lynn Normington]

glad you are sorted George must have been awful

and spect the worst thing was you couldn’t tell anyone 😀

Lynn