Stormy Weather

[Filbert]

There is a terrific thunder storm happening where I am now...and I was just wondering...turning off and unplugging the tele....wise choice or old wives tale?

[237SJ]

I think it`s the aerial you`re supposed to unplug in case it gets struck by lightening.

[237SJ]

*lightning*

[Buenchico]

As 237SJ states, the risk to TV sets is via the aerial lead.

However what you're really meant to unplug is your router, as current surges caused by electrical storms have a nasty habit of killing them! (In the days of dial-up modems, I lost three to electrical storms. An assistant in PC World told me that they expected to sell 30 more than usual, in just that one branch, on any day following a thunderstorm).

[Buenchico]

This would seem to be appropriate here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo