Damaged PC after thunderstorm

aries100 said:
In Denmark all houses and apartments are required by law to have an HFPI-box? to prevent this from happening, I think? The electric current will then go through the box, and the mechanism in the box will shut the power off immediately.
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This may not work. When there is a nearby lightning strike it can cause induced spikes in the wiring past any "cutoff" box. That is why you still need to use local surge protectors on sensitive equipment.
 
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