[sdiy] Recovery

[tomg]

Hi Larry, I neglected to say the first time was
 in Georgia over 6 years ago.... Still hurts though!
At the time I was sweating bullets. It was my
first time replacing a SMD DSP. I had to buy it
from Canada and pay a huge duty on a chip that
was already $90 bucks!! Then I had to buy a
princess iron and magnifier :) Holy moley!!

I was an Amiga guy at the time and it took out
my new $1000 dollar A3000 Roasted the  i/o
chips... Connected to the modem....and midi to
the sampler..... Right....:(

I've been on broadband 4 years now and this was
the first time I've ever had problems... Lucky for
me the big $ stuff all belonged to the cable co. :)

No doubt at all about the grounding mess.. The guy
who installed broadband in our Houston home had
to come back twice with help!! Unreal! There are
evidently no minimum requirements.. :)

Regards
Tom



> Tom, If you have been the unfortunate victim of "lightning" more than
once,
> it is time to start considering the cause.  When I see modems included in
a
> list of damaged items, I always look for grounding problems.  Usually, I
am
> looking for second or unauthorized ground on the phone lines / equipment.
> The phone company is famous for grabbing a ground anywhere they can,
> including water pipes or whatever.  Any and all grounds should be common
to
> a single point grounding rod at the electrical service entrance in
> accordance with local codes.  Otherwise you are asking for trouble during
> any close in lightning strike even if it only strikes nearby
non-electrical
> items.
>
> Larry Hendry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of tomg
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:38 PM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Recovery
>
>
> Everythings back up. The total after
> the "weather?"
>
> -1 Toshiba Cable Modem
> -1 RCA Cable Box
> -1 DLink Router
> -1 Roomba Power Supply
> -? email
>
> Ouch!.
>
> Last time it got my Akai Sampler
> and 2 computers w/ modems
>
> Regards
> Tom ( now, where was I? :)
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