Did Lightning Do This?

[fifty60]

I have a control panel that was operating correctly for over a year. There were bad thunderstorms, and then the control panel stopped working correctly. The fuse protecting the control panel has blown, and two separate components on the control panel are fried.

I believe it could have been caused by lightning because it coincided with thunderstorms, and 2 components were affected and not just one. There are 10 similar components on the control panel, but only two were affected. Is it reasonable to think that lightning could cause this?

 

[Sierrasparky]

Sounds plausible.

 

[fifty60]

Why would it only affect two components on the panel, and not other similar components?

 

[Sierrasparky]

I have seen lighting take out the phone line at the demarc- fried the modular connector, fried only certain inputs on the TV.
We know it happened at the time of a lighting storm, which was a mile away.

 

[fifty60]

Installing a surge protector similar to this should prevent this right?
https://www.dehn-international.com/en/node/2377527

 

[bphgravity]

Go to the 'NEMA Surge Protection Institute' for everything you need to know to protect against surging events, such as lightning:

www.nemasurge.org