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Old 08-12-2011, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by casstony View Post
Something I've wondered about is can the surge jump accross power switch contacts even if the switch is turned off? Did any equipment get damaged that was plugged into a switched off power point John?
Unfortunately it was plugged in but the power points were off, the storm was so bad and came in so quickly that I could not get outside to the Observatory to pull the leads, the hail was intense. I think the mount was damaged by the surge going through the RS232 cable attached to the computer, don't think one can anticipate that.

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