There was a close in lighting strike, hit to the rear of the lot next door. This was so close you saw it, heard it, felt it all at the same instant. House next door suffered several thousand dollars in damages, we had no apparent damage, about 18 months later the cable was having lots of trouble, they found the drop cable to our house was bad probably from the lightning strike. My point, the surge from the close in strike was apparently stopped by the SECO arrestor in the meter base. I cannot prove this and I have no idea if we would have had damage without it.
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Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV. 
Last edited by villagetinker; 02-11-2021 at 03:56 PM.
Reason: strike did not hit the house, it hit a pole to the rear of the house beyond the lot
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