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Old 08-12-2011, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Karls48 View Post
Yes it can and it will. Depending on the distance from the strike it can jump couple meters or more. I have seen TV and stereo system completely destroyed by discharge that jumped out of power point at least two meters away. It was unpluged from the power point.
Hi Karl

That is what happened to the guy next door, completely destroyed his stereo, also blew his set top box to pieces.

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