Nearby lightning damaged several home server devices
A nearby lightning strike damaged several pieces of home . An APC 1500VA UPS tried to turn on, then immediately shut off as if something inside was shorted. A Motorola modem had a dead port.
An ASUS AX88U router still seemed to run, but all eight wired ports stopped working. A JetKVM reached its screen, then powered off, and resetting it did not help. A similar event happened 8 years earlier, when APC gear, a modem, a router, and a Dell server died.
This time, the Unraid server survived. The only clear physical sign was a burned cable on the router side.
Key points
- A nearby lightning strike damaged the UPS, modem, router, and JetKVM.
- The router still powered on, but all eight wired ports stopped working.
- A cable showed burn damage on the router side.
- A similar lightning-related failure happened 8 years earlier.
- The Unraid server survived this time.