Message about Jim hiball

[jumping jack flash]

I think that qualifies as a lucky dog pass.

[Jerrys Kars]

Lightning does strange  damage when it hits a house, mostly electrical but it can blow up walls and all kinds of crazy things. Glad everyone is ok

I'm an electrician. Be sure to have a thorough check on your electrical system. Saw romex cables split apart by a lightning strike. Destroyed the main panel in the house and traveled to a barn about 100 feet away and split the romex cables. Looked like the ground wire became so hot it burned its way out of the plastic jacket.

[hiball3985]

I'm an electrician. Be sure to have a thorough check on your electrical system. Saw romex cables split apart by a lightning strike. Destroyed the main panel in the house and traveled to a barn about 100 feet away and split the romex cables. Looked like the ground wire became so hot it burned its way out of the plastic jacket.

How would you possibly check the wiring without removing the walls and I'm not going to do that. The wiring at the panel looks good. Strange it only blew two power strips and only one device on each one. It didn't even blow a light bulb.

[Ford Blue blood]

A good eletrician will have a "MEGGER", a device that measures resistance in the Megaohms range.  If the wireing has an issue it will read a much lower number then a good cable.