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Originally Posted by mulligan
A surge arrester is NOT protection from lightning strikes. Only surges in power.
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Lightning can cause surges in power. I have had several strikes here in The Villages. I have a whole house electrical surge protector that was fried due to a nearby lightning strike. I have had lightning strike on my flag pole that left burn marks on my lawn that traveled to my Comcast cable line and fried the line. This has happened twice. Also had a surge due to lightning which found the phone line and fried my phones.
Point is that lightening does not need to strike the house. Nearby strikes that ground into power lines, cable lines, telephone lines, water pipes, gas pipes etc. can cause surges and other issues.
Questionable if TV warranty would cover Surge damage. If you bought some added protection or if store offered some protection check the details.
Electrical devices used to be more tolerant of minor surges when they were powered by volts. Now everything is controlled by microcircuits which do not tolerate surges nearly as well.