Aaagghh ๐Ÿ˜ก

Thunderstorm โ›ˆ๏ธ last night in Berlin

Disconnected everything to prevent surge damage

Reconnect it all this morning and somehow I damaged the laptop power supply while disconnecting and it wonโ€™t work!

@jon I have surge protectors on important/expensive electronics. Just for peace of mind.
NAS and office PCs are on an APC USV for surge and outage protection (it lasts for about 15 Minutes with my load).
All that keeps me from unplugging gymnastics ๐Ÿ˜
@Reinald Yes I do as well, although not of the highest quality tbh! Maybe I ought to just get some better ones and be done with it :-)
@jon @Reinald look at fuse board based surge protectors, getting common at least in the UK and cover everything in the property from surges
@popeter @Reinald Sadly in this rental flat there's nothing I can do to install one. But once I move to France - where I can sort things like this - I will investigate that indeed! (not least as I need an electrician to check one other thing anyway)