sheriffa 0 Posted August 3, 2010 Hi guys, With your help I recently upgraded to a PC based DVR system for my storage facility. I bought the 1480A Geovision card and everything is going well. I saved over $3000. Thank you guys! My concern though is lightning. Is it possible for lightning to fry my card or damage my brand new Dell PC? Should I be installing lightning protection (ie. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.34387) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dino_squirrel 0 Posted August 7, 2010 From a PC tech standpoint: Hells to the yes! Surge protector. Want to go further? Get a power stabilizer (if that's the right term). I know what I mean, but I'm not sure I'm saying it right. I think these http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/voltage-stabilizer.html might be what you're looking for. These keep the sine wave at 60 hz and the ac power at 120volts +-5%. I don't know about those in general, but I was giving more of an example. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted August 7, 2010 ive never had a problem with lightning as far as the dvr goes, guess depends where you live though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clearsignal 0 Posted August 7, 2010 I'd agree, definately protection of some sort. A Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) would be a great idea...even better if it had a power conditioner of sorts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
