TV blowout

My TV probably blew out last evening after this monster lightning-thunder blow, which sounded like artillery strike right outside my apartment. My apartment literally reverberated for a few seconds. I was watching Deep Impact on TV and was juggling cooking and laundry at the same time. After the first load of laundry, I entered the house and was watching over the stove, and that’s when the mother of all thunders I’ve heard so far struck, and my TV went blank. I tried switching it on after an hour or so…nothing… popped in a DVD to see if atleast the video input picks up… no…

The only thing that came to my mind immediately was… Crap! I can’t watch my Netflix movies anymore, other than switching on my computer and blah blah blah… No more Discovery, My Boys, Family Guy…. **gasp**

9 Responses

  1. MInnal attack panna appuram on panni pathurukiye..ethernal optimist da nee. Adhai velai panna vechrundha unmai thamilan nu solli irupen.

  2. Quite a deep impact dude! :(

  3. PB – remba danks ne.. :-D

    PK – very beyd effects.. :-(

  4. do u have a surge protector? if not, you might want to add it to ur shopping list … especially for TV and comp …

  5. Brat – blow out aanadhu evano old apt. la uttutu pona TV, dhan surge protector ellam edhukku nu freeya vitten.. hehe… once I get my next TV, kandippa surge protector wonly…

    thanks for the tip machi.. :-)

  6. OSI TV KE INTHA EFFECTA…

    ENNAI KODUMAI ZEP ITHU

  7. I dont thin the surge protector will protect against lightening strikes. If there was a voltage spike it will be protected. mavane, overa idi adicha, TV off pannu!

  8. sb – dei, lighting strikes protection kadayadhu, correct dhan…. but anniki i was in and out doing laundry… so couldnt switch off the TV in time.. :)

  9. sb, arun, i still think surge protector will protect your equipment from indirect lightning strikes … very few times you will have direct lightning strikes (10 %).. no protection for direct hits … but at least it will protect you the rest of the 90 % .. :D

    i read about surge protectors before buying one myself sometime back.

    http://www.aarp.org/learntech/computers/howto/a2003-03-13-surgeprotectors.html

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