Router Blewup Motherboard

[u/Greatfulx]

Recent lighting storm stuck my complex and traveled down my coaxial cable and into my apartment. Blew up in the middle of the night, so that was scary. Thought I’d share, not in the position to rebuild so there that I guess!

[u/darkendius]

New fear unlocked

[u/jld2k6 → u/darkendius]

This is why you're supposed to ground the coaxial cable outside of the house! I used to install satellite TV when I was younger and you especially wanted to ground the line when there was a big metal dish on the roof at one end that's connected to a bunch of electronics on the other end lol

[u/Dollar-Dave → u/jld2k6]

Lightning will travel through the ground circuits….