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Old 08-06-2017, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by spk7951 View Post
We have twice had close lightning strikes that have shut down our pool controls. Both times the T&D tech was great and quickly determined that the master board shorted out. We were equally fortunate to have the boards replaced at no cost by the manufacturer otherwise we would have been out about $700 for each board.

Seeing you are in Amelia we did notice a number of Fire Dept responses to Amelia between 8:30pm and about 9:15pm last night. Could have been quite a few lightning related incidents in that storm.
Yes several houses had some damage including three in our neighborhood that had a gas line hit. TECO has been there all day with several trucks and major digging. It was a scary night.
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