This has been my experience. There was a corridor between 2 FL counties known for heavy lightning strikes. I serviced small sites that had their IT equip fried (exploded, melted) once or twice a year.
Putting it behind 4-6 decent, consumer-grade surge protectors turned out to be really effective. I was a bit surprised given how lightning can jump over protection during a strike.
To illustrate the area: An XO's home was hit. Char marks lined the walls wherever wiring ran. Pipes burst all over. Nothing plugged in or wired survived. The front door was blow into the street.
His grade school kids were home at the time; they were physically fine.
There's also the fact that consumer surge protectors are incapable of determining if they're any good or not. There's a small component in there that eats the surge--a severe surge and it's destroyed, it's obvious. However, there's a range in which it no longer functions but is not destroyed. The next surge goes on down the wire.
I really wish someone would come up with some surge suppressors that have a string of field-replaceable suppressors. Periodic maintenance, replace the suppressors.
This has been my experience. There was a corridor between 2 FL counties known for heavy lightning strikes. I serviced small sites that had their IT equip fried (exploded, melted) once or twice a year.
Putting it behind 4-6 decent, consumer-grade surge protectors turned out to be really effective. I was a bit surprised given how lightning can jump over protection during a strike.
To illustrate the area: An XO's home was hit. Char marks lined the walls wherever wiring ran. Pipes burst all over. Nothing plugged in or wired survived. The front door was blow into the street.
His grade school kids were home at the time; they were physically fine.