I unplug all my computerized machines during lightning storms and any time I am gone from home. I have a treadle machine to use whenever I hear thunder and until the storm passes. The best of both worlds.
BTW, I lost a lot of electronics several years ago when my surge protectors did not protect the devices from the power surge when power came back on after an outage. And did you know that the electric companies are protected by law from any liability for those losses? Yup. That was an expensive lesson for me.
Last edited by ShirlinAZ; 10-22-2015 at 07:56 AM.