Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried the PSU in my computer

Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by misnome on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:36AM (#31270995)

By it's very nature, lightning is high enough voltage to leap an air-gap

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by amelius on Thursday May 05, 2022 @08:48AM (#31272664)

You only have to make the gap larger than the gap to a well-grounded terminal.

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Re:Ask HN: My house just got hit by lightning and it fried t... by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:35PM (#31278093)

You're assuming it won't bifurcate and jump across both gaps, which is entirely possible.

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