The answer is lightning striking power lines. This results in a huge surge in electrical pressure that overloads your circuit and can literally fry your home appliances. If your computer is plugged in when lightning strikes, it won’t survive the spike in voltage.
God yes lightning can fry your PC over ethernet. I remember one guy trying to say I didn’t ground his cable modem properly and it fried all his equipment. During a storm he unplugged all the wall sockets but left the modem and ethernet cable plugged in. Fried every single piece of electronics he owned.
While reading we ran into the inquiry “Can lightning damage your computer and peripherals?”.
You have an excellent chance of totally destroying your computer and peripherals from a lightning strike! Now for the scary part… It’s not just the voltage swells from lightning that can damage sensitive electronics. It’s also voltage sags as well!
One way to consider this is it is worthwhile to unplug computers, routers, and other plugged in electronics during a storm as a nearby lightning strike could cause a surge of electricity through the building wiring, damaging such devices.
Is Apple Lightning the same as USB C?
This is a hard question to answer. Lightning ports are slightly smaller than USB-C, which can be a deciding factor when it comes to the obsession Apple has with size and slimness. There was an opportunity to switch to USB-C on the i. Phone X, and indeed the Wall Street Journal re ported back in February 2017 that this might be the case.
Is USB C and lightning the same?
The USB cables never look the same, as they are totally different. In addition to the standard used, the manufacturing quality itself affects the performance and even safety of it. Hence, we will know about the USB Type C and Lighting cable.
While I was writing we ran into the query “Usb c vs lightning which is better?”.
Conclusion
USB-C is compatible almost with all devices while lightning is exclusive only for Apple products. USB-C has the capability of transmitting data at a much faster speed than lightning. USB-C offers faster charging to devices on account of its ability to stand max 3A, while lightning can only hold up to 2A., and more items.
Thunderbolt is not the same as USB C. First, USB C is just a form of USB hardware interface, while Thunderbolt is an interface standard combining PCI Express data transmission technology with Display. Port display technology. Second, Thunderbolt has three versions and only Thunderbolt 3 uses USB C port.
Can a lightning strike damage a modem?
Yes, in fact damage to the network interface card is the most common damage that I see in my work. The modem is connected to more than just power, it’s connected to the phone lines inside and outside out to the poles. Same thing with cable, there’s more exposure to lightning strike. Usually, the damage doesn’t go any further than the nic.