We had a Quattro 48/5000/70, yes had, had 3 of them hit by lightning, the first in 2020 tripped the main switch, all good powered up again, no issues inside house, 2021 bluetooth not good enough, so July 2021 installed an Ethernet cable 20m from installation to modem in house, worked just fine, “October” lightning hit very very close to house, smoke coming out of inverter. Got a new one, OK, sitting in front of Laptop, modem just above me, and power board to charge phones etc., Boom, sparks come out of and around power board, inverter dead, get new one. “November” Boom, sparks come out of and around power board, inverter dead. Get new one, “December” Boom, sparks came out of and around power board, inverter and CCGX controller dead, Got a new Multiplus 11 48/5000/50 and colour control. Nothing in the house was blown and no fuses or mains tripped, Ok 99.95% sure! Our phone/ADSL line runs underground then up, across creek, then underground, then up a tree and runs through trees 85mtr to house/phone/modem, modem connected to Ethernet cable to CCGX controller. Removed Ethernet cable!! Installed WIFI extender connected to Ethernet of CCGX. Our first hit before Ethernet cable tripped main switch, after connecting Ethernet cable blew up 3 inverters, so looking like spike coming in through back door Phone/ADSL to modem/Ethernet to inverter. That’s the story. Question1: our WIFI extender is connected to 240v outlet, is connected to CCGX Ethernet in, should I trust this connection? Could we get a lightning spike through 240 outlet WIFI extender to Ethernet CCGX still?
