Happy New Year!!

[Bob]

-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net>
To: linux-users at smtp.linux-sxs.org <linux-users at smtp.linux-sxs.org>
Date: Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: Happy New Year!!


>Bob Hemus wrote inter alia:
>
>> When the power to the house went out I thew the main breakers.  When

<snip>
Leon A. Goldstein wrote:

I bought a new copper ground rod and
>clamp, and a few feet of heavy insulated copper wire to replace it.
>Some time later we had a nasty thunderstorm.  I noticed that the
>insulation on the cable TV ground wire was burned.  My neighbor had both
>of his TV's and VCR's fried.  While talking to him I looked at his cable
>TV junction box and pointed out that there was no ground cable on it.
>To make a long story short, Time-Warner bought him two new TV's and
>VCR's, after installing a ground wire on their junction box.
>
>--
>Leon A. Goldstein


My lot is on an old placer mine.  About 3' of fill on bedrock.  I had to
drive the 6' ground rod in at 35-45 degrees.  I'll crawl down under the deck
and look at my connection.  It passed County inspection 15 or so years ago
when I redid my wiring.  When I talked to the local PP&L power man he
thought the missing middle wire was going to play hell with my stuff.  My
AAA house insurance isn't going to help much.
Bob