The electrical spike we got through our home electrical system from last Monday’s lightning strike (near our garage area) was significant. We are still finding new damage. Most of the electrical damage seemed to be in anything with electronic circuit boards.
On the plus side we have upgraded some of our equipment. We now have two new electric garage door openers. The telephone system has been revamped with brand new telephones. The internet works. A new TV replaces the upstairs unit.
On the negative side, we don’t have any door bell system. Our stereo system still needs to be fixed and we found out the controller for the pot gas fired stove in the basement doesn’t work.
Monday we have an electrician coming to check out our system. Friday the serviceman comes for the basement stove.
I have bought lots of surge protectors for electrical outlets.
Our cell phone puked during our electrical crisis so our much needed backup phone system was not available. Of course a 5 year old battery might have had something to do with it. At US Cellular we were told that batteries for our old phone was not available and we would have to talk to a sales person about a “new” system. It would be 20-30 minutes to wait. No it would not. We left the US Cellular showroom. Batteries Plus had the battery we needed and we are back in business with our “old cell” phone. We still don’t have a multiple phone system, we don’t have texting capabilities, we don’t have internet access and we don’t have 3,962 “apps” for personal entertainment. But we do have cell phone capability for under $30 per month. Elderly types can be difficult!
Slowly but surely everything is returning to normal but we won’t be surprised by more electrical damage. Stay tuned.
Love,
Dad