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Originally Posted by Altavia
Surge voltages area a very common/likely failure mode for electronics that have been on service for a period of time.
Sometimes the failure does not occur immediately. The surge initially weakens the component (makes it pregnant...) but it doesn't fail until a later point in time.
If you have damage from a surge or lightening strike, it's common additional components to fail days/weeks after.
In my former life, we would retreive failed critical system components and perform testing/analysis to identify the cause of component failures.
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It didn't sound like he was going to do any testing to determine why the electronics failed. It sounded to me like he was making an off-the-cuff remark in order to sell a surge protector.