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Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:29 am to Crimson
House had the same thing happen in our neighborhood as the OP last spring. Was a bad storm and I was sitting on my deck. There are houses across the lake, but I was facing away from them. A loud crack of thunder and flash happened and it felt like it was right next to me, scared the shite out of me. About 10 min later I hear and see fire trucks racing down another street. I noticed I heard what sounded like a loud spray can and crackling. Turned and looked across the lake and a house was up in flames as were some nearby trees.
Crazy.
Crazy.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:30 am to Crimson
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We got popped last year at our old house (since moved) - we had lightening rods. Still blew out our brand new dryer, dishwasher, and range hood.
What did it cost you OOP?
Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:31 am to biglego
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Why do you people struggle so hard with this word
Are you going to loose your mind?
Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:34 am to Tempratt
Don’t remember exactly. It was less than the deductible so we didn’t put in a claim. Several hundred though. I replaced the mother boards on the dishwasher myself.
If you were talking about the system we bought the house with it installed. It would have definitely paid for itself that day though.
If you were talking about the system we bought the house with it installed. It would have definitely paid for itself that day though.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:39 am to Crimson
quote:Pics?
I replaced the mother boards on the dishwasher myself.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:41 am to Tempratt
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Not sure if they had propane. No natural gas in the hood. I don't recall seeing a tank in their yard.
We don’t have natural gas in the neighborhood either…so many of us have a propane tank. But it can’t be visible to the neighbors so many (like me) buried the propane tank. So your neighbor may have propane with a buried tank.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 9:49 am to biglego
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Why do you people struggle so hard with this word
It’s the same with dominant and dominate.
Half the Rant are complete morons.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:02 am to ChuckUFarley
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Christ Chruch or First West. Gotta be one of the two
Fair Park for us but we weren't there this last Sunday.
BSB I am
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:04 am to Crimson
yeah, the damage from the EMP due to a direct strike, even with lightning rods, is going to damage some electrical items but it will prevent fires and serious damage to the electrical distribution within the house.
You'd really want to add a whole home SPD (surge protection device) at the service entrance to provide the absolute most protection for things inside the house.
You'd really want to add a whole home SPD (surge protection device) at the service entrance to provide the absolute most protection for things inside the house.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:06 am to Blutarsky
Had something similar happen two years ago to the house across the street. We had a nasty storm blow through and as I was getting out of my truck after getting home from work, it was a bright flash and loud crack of thunder. The lights flickered in our house and my GFCI in the garage tripped. I went to reset the GFCI and it would keep tripping. Thought shite I need to go grab a new one and fix it as I had a freezer in the garage on the same circuit but not the receptacle. Went in the change and could smell smoke. Checked all over my house and everything was good from what I could tell. As I was about to hop in my truck to leave the neighbor across the street came out out and asked if I smelled smoke. I could just see smoke and some flames coming out of the roof vent of their attic. She was home alone as her husband was at work. She had two small kids and two dogs. I helped her to grab the kids and dogs and brought them to our house. The youngest was in a diaper but luckily we had some of my sons clothes from the age and we were able to get him dressed and entertained while the fire department showed up.
According to the FD, the lightning hit the flood light and traveled the wire into the attic where it caught the PVC pipe for the plumbing vents on fire and then caught the roof on fire. The fire was above the son’s room but there was no attic access to that area of the attic so they had to pull down all the Sheetrock and insulation basically ruining everything in that room. My wife gave them all the old clothes of my sons that we had as she knew it wouldn’t be a quick process with insurance and they were renting that house so I don’t know if they had renters insurance.
According to the FD, the lightning hit the flood light and traveled the wire into the attic where it caught the PVC pipe for the plumbing vents on fire and then caught the roof on fire. The fire was above the son’s room but there was no attic access to that area of the attic so they had to pull down all the Sheetrock and insulation basically ruining everything in that room. My wife gave them all the old clothes of my sons that we had as she knew it wouldn’t be a quick process with insurance and they were renting that house so I don’t know if they had renters insurance.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:10 am to Loconuts
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There’s a new and novel emerging technology they’ve been working on where to stick a big arse pole made of metal higher than your house. I think they call it a lightening rod or something. Pretty high tech shite
We know 2 people that had housefires due to lightning strikes.
1 struck sprinkler system and burned house to ground.
1 hit hidden dog fence and the garage burned, but they had to move out for 6 months due to smoke remediation, etc.
Not sure lightning rods prevent against any circumstance.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:21 am to wareaglepete
Former nextdoor neighbor's house got struck and burned. Total loss. Melted the siding on that side of our old house. I would say we were lucky, but our new house wound up getting about 8 trees through it during Katrina.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:26 am to notsince98
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You'd really want to add a whole home SPD (surge protection device) at the service entrance to provide the absolute most protection for things inside the house.
This is absolutely what we did. Few hundred dollars but worthwhile.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:33 am to Loconuts
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There’s a new and novel emerging technology they’ve been working on where to stick a big arse pole made of metal higher than your house. I think they call it a lightening rod or something. Pretty high tech shite
You know where they sale those?
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:34 am to Tempratt
That's the thing about lightning protection, everyone claims their product works until it doesn't. You're better off trying something than not doing anything, but nothing is guaranteed.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 10:41 am to Crimson
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You'd really want to add a whole home SPD (surge protection device) at the service entrance to provide the absolute most protection for things inside the house.
This is absolutely what we did. Few hundred dollars but worthwhile.
As a builder, I install them on all new homes. With there being dozens of cheap circuit boards throughout a new home, its a no-brainer. Especially if you live in a coastal area where there are power outages, and more importantly power coming back online, which causes voltage drop/surges.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:18 am to Tempratt
300 million volts at 30,000 amps with temps that can reach 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit over a few milliseconds. Not much can be done for a direct hit, but lightening rod home systems offer better than nothing protection for homes located in open field areas.
Take a direct hit to your power line feed close to the house and your fried. No surge protector can withstand that much electrical power. As a young e.e. I tried different systems to protect tall exposed microwave antenna systems and failed.
Powerful and scary stuff.
Take a direct hit to your power line feed close to the house and your fried. No surge protector can withstand that much electrical power. As a young e.e. I tried different systems to protect tall exposed microwave antenna systems and failed.
Powerful and scary stuff.
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:21 am to Tempratt
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Is it possible to fortify a house against such a thing?
Yeah dog, lightning rods. Been around a while
Posted on 12/31/24 at 11:36 am to fr33manator
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