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Gas stove and Ethernet cable fried after lightning struck tree in front yard
Posted on 8/6/23 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 8/6/23 at 8:14 pm
Big storm came through Birmingham earlier today. Lightning struck a large oak tree in my front yard. No evidence of burn marks but one of the branches is stripped and there is a long section on the trunk where the bolt must have burst out.
The power blinked when it struck, but it came right back on.
I didn’t notice anything wrong in the house until I went to use my oven. My GE is showing an F4 error, which means the oven temperature sensor is short circuited. Also, my wifi is out and after troubleshooting with Spectrum, it turned out to be the Ethernet cable connecting the modem to the wifi.
Should I be concerned about the other wires in the house? I was thinking about calling an electrician tomorrow for an inspection, but I’m not sure if that’s overboard. Computers are fine. TV is fine. Dishwasher is still running. A/C is good. Just the oven and that one Ethernet cable.
The power blinked when it struck, but it came right back on.
I didn’t notice anything wrong in the house until I went to use my oven. My GE is showing an F4 error, which means the oven temperature sensor is short circuited. Also, my wifi is out and after troubleshooting with Spectrum, it turned out to be the Ethernet cable connecting the modem to the wifi.
Should I be concerned about the other wires in the house? I was thinking about calling an electrician tomorrow for an inspection, but I’m not sure if that’s overboard. Computers are fine. TV is fine. Dishwasher is still running. A/C is good. Just the oven and that one Ethernet cable.
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 8:16 pm
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Posted on 8/6/23 at 8:39 pm to StringedInstruments
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lightning struck tree in front yard
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Should I be concerned about the other wires in the house? I was thinking about calling an electrician tomorrow for an inspection
Yes, I wouldn't say overboard...more like overly cautious.
Lightning is unpredictable, surge protectors don't matter. It will always take the weakest links. Having everything checked out doesn't mean something else won't fail. More than likely you are alright.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:16 pm to StringedInstruments
I used to be a field tech for a large TelComm. I’ve seen lightening do that to houses. Plus, over the next 2-4 weeks you’ll find other issues start randomly happen.
I’ve seen wall phones blown across the room and in pieces, copper wires turned black, all kinds of cool stuff.
I used to wake up in the middle of the night during thunderstorms with sweats, the next two weeks were hell.
I’ve seen wall phones blown across the room and in pieces, copper wires turned black, all kinds of cool stuff.
I used to wake up in the middle of the night during thunderstorms with sweats, the next two weeks were hell.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:18 pm to StringedInstruments
Just keep an eye on things and if you notice and specific outlets frying things you’ll need to go deeper. Definitely function and test all your breakers and GFCI outlets.
I had lightning hit a neighbors palm tree a few years ago. Melted 3 breakers and wiped out all the electronics plugged into that side of the house and also hit my satellite dish and blew a 2’ hole in my roof.
I had lightning hit a neighbors palm tree a few years ago. Melted 3 breakers and wiped out all the electronics plugged into that side of the house and also hit my satellite dish and blew a 2’ hole in my roof.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:28 pm to billjamin
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blew a 2’ hole in my roof.
I guess I’m going up on the roof tomorrow.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:43 pm to StringedInstruments
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I guess I’m going up on the roof tomorrow.
Never a bad idea to check. Especially if you have anything that it could arch over and hit like I did.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:00 pm to StringedInstruments
A year ago lightning struck my neighbors chimney. The bolt traveled through the fiber lines to our houses and took out a 1 month old living room tv, my router/modem, surround sound receiver, tv tuner…pretty much anything that was hardwired into my router.
Since then, I’ve had to replace a ceiling fan and about 10 led ceiling lights and need to get some more soon. Apparently those things are sensitive to strikes.
Since then, I’ve had to replace a ceiling fan and about 10 led ceiling lights and need to get some more soon. Apparently those things are sensitive to strikes.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:09 pm to StringedInstruments
We've had a direct strike. Hit second story bathroom vent. 2 story house with a daylight basement.
Fried every LED bulb in the house, 10k worth of electronics, several electrical wires in the home had to be replaced, 2 foot hole in the roof. Thankfully it blew a hole in the roof, because it set a fire in the attic, the hole allowed enough rain in to put it out.
For weeks, random electronics would go in and out. Microwave, oven, baby monitors, anything that wasn't initially fried went out in the next month or so.
Lightning is no joke, direct strikes on a home are not common, direct strikes where the home doesn't burn down are really uncommon. We were lucky but we ended up replacing every electronic that was plugged in during the strike.
We had an electrician come out, they really didn't do shite. They checked breakers and made sure everything was still functional. Fire department came out with the thermal gun and checked all walls and stuff for hot spots.
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Normal LED bulb next to one that was screwed in.
Internals of it
Fried every LED bulb in the house, 10k worth of electronics, several electrical wires in the home had to be replaced, 2 foot hole in the roof. Thankfully it blew a hole in the roof, because it set a fire in the attic, the hole allowed enough rain in to put it out.
For weeks, random electronics would go in and out. Microwave, oven, baby monitors, anything that wasn't initially fried went out in the next month or so.
Lightning is no joke, direct strikes on a home are not common, direct strikes where the home doesn't burn down are really uncommon. We were lucky but we ended up replacing every electronic that was plugged in during the strike.
We had an electrician come out, they really didn't do shite. They checked breakers and made sure everything was still functional. Fire department came out with the thermal gun and checked all walls and stuff for hot spots.
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Normal LED bulb next to one that was screwed in.
Internals of it
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 11:17 pm
Posted on 8/7/23 at 5:39 am to StringedInstruments
We had a similar strike near our house about a month ago.
Fried an outlet in the garage. Lost our livingroom TV,DVR, and the control board on our AC unit. Not a fun experience
Fried an outlet in the garage. Lost our livingroom TV,DVR, and the control board on our AC unit. Not a fun experience
Posted on 8/7/23 at 7:14 am to StringedInstruments
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Should I be concerned
Yes, same thing happened to me but the damage was more extensive for me initially. Mostly computers, phone system, TV's and Direct=tTV items. Other things that took longer to manifest were dishwasher, microwave, and a refrigerator.
File the claim with your insurance company and stress that what you are claiming now are known appliances that were affected and want it noted that any future damage may arise from the lightning strike.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 8:57 am to StringedInstruments
From my prior life as an adjuster, low voltage things like modems and computers, garage door openers, random arse stuff. You might find stuff that you use infrequently a couple of weeks from now with damage
Posted on 8/7/23 at 10:35 am to jmon
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File the claim with your insurance company and stress that what you are claiming now are known appliances that were affected and want it noted that any future damage may arise from the lightning strike.
But the deductible is higher than the value of the stove and cable? I get the point of anticipating future issues, but at this point, it’s more costly to go through insurance.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 10:40 am to StringedInstruments
We ended up not going through insurance, we filed a claim but at the time the damage was only slightly above the deductible. When all was said and done after replacing everything and repairing everything it was well over the deductible.
You'll keep finding things, a month or so later we were still finding stuff like the plugs for the couches in the basement were fried. It even fried the dang doorbell
You'll keep finding things, a month or so later we were still finding stuff like the plugs for the couches in the basement were fried. It even fried the dang doorbell
Posted on 8/7/23 at 10:41 am to StringedInstruments
Damn Biden administration now controlling the lightening to get us to convert to electric.
Definitely not going overboard having someone come check everything else out. One of those things that are better safe than sorry. No telling the impact on other breakers, unused outlets, other appliances plugged in but appear to be functioning properly...
Definitely not going overboard having someone come check everything else out. One of those things that are better safe than sorry. No telling the impact on other breakers, unused outlets, other appliances plugged in but appear to be functioning properly...
Posted on 8/7/23 at 10:58 am to StringedInstruments
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But the deductible is higher than the value of the stove and cable? I get the point of anticipating future issues, but at this point, it’s more costly to go through insurance.
Document what was damaged and don't throw it away. You could file a claim in a month or two if needed.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 11:01 am to StringedInstruments
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But the deductible is higher than the value of the stove and cable? I get the point of anticipating future issues, but at this point, it’s more costly to go through insurance.
You do you, boo!
Posted on 8/7/23 at 11:20 am to StringedInstruments
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I guess I’m going up on the roof tomorrow.
Easier to just go in the attic today and look for daylight----likely safer too as opposed to climbing up on most roofs.
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