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Originally Posted by PeterM
Oh boy Roger that's rotten. Did insurance cover that? So you had unplugged the power at the wall and the scope and still got fried is that right? If so that is cause for concern living in here SE Qld.
PeterM.
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Insurance could have but I chose not to. Initially I expected the repair cost to be less than my insurance excess, so chose not to go with it, in the end I could have saved $700ish by going through insurance. BUT, it was more the 8 months it took to repair the LX which was the pain in the end.
Network cable was connected between the hubs, so understandable that they would be fried by the cable (10m through ground, 10m through house, between the hubs).
The telescope was disconnected from the mains power. It was zapped either through the pier (which is concreted on to undergound rock) and mount housing or through the data connection to the PC. I'm not sure which.
Bit of a bugger. Practically it is very hard to prevent I think, just have to hope it doesn't happen too often
