Possible lightning strike?

[007_man]

Hey ya'll. We are having scattered thunderstorms tonight here in West TN. Well the orange stuff kept getting closer and closer. I was too hard headed to unhook my stuff. . Well a lightning strike struck near my home. When it did, I heard my linear "click" like my keyup relay. I didn't pay any attention to it. About 3 mins later...I SMELL SMOKE!. I jump up run to my radio and quickly unhook my main coax and from the wall. I smell closely to my amp and sure nuff....thats where its coming from. It was extremely warm but not hot. But I wasn't talking on it. I didn't see smoke but I could smell it. Dear God, please don't be burnt up!

 

[pro151]

As Scooby-Doo would say................................

 

[Mudfoot]

You have now learned a valuable lesson.


Sorry for your loss.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Sounds like a voltage spike came in on the coax cable and cleaned the T/R relay and locked it in tx mode thereby frying the amp. It may have just fried the power supply.................then again maybe not. Either way consider yourself lucky that is all that happened and learn from this. I NEVER gamble with lightning.

 

[007_man]

UPDATE: Nothing was hurt...talking as it should. Probably a power surge.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

UPDATE: Nothing was hurt...talking as it should. Probably a power surge.

Hope you bought a lottery ticket before your luck runs out.

 

[wavrider]

Hope you bought a lottery ticket before your luck runs out.

 

[Beetle]

So what was the source of the smoke, the smell and the heat?

 

[007_man]

So what was the source of the smoke, the smell and the heat?

Exactly what I want to know. Everything worked as it should today. Time will tell.