The apartment complex I live in is very small.only 5 units. One day we had a thunderstorm and lightening hit very close to building. Four of the apartments had damage to their electronics like: PC, cell, DVD players, and surveillance system. When the telephone repairman came to replace my fried phone line and modem, he said the building was not grounded. In fact the ground wire was pulled out of the ground.I would like to know how a wire came ground a house from lightening and how would a person place a ground wire to do this?
Two solutions. First clean any rubber rollers with a 50/50 water alcohol solution. Second try to find the actuator for the paper inlet. There is usually a small arm or button that the paper bumps as you insert it that tells the printer paper is in. Make sure its not sticking or hung.
Be careful with either. Having a functioning CO monitor is vital. Install and use either heater properly to limit fire danger. The vent-free heaters make me nervous - so long as everything is working, they are not a problem, but any malfunction could be hazardous to your health. Keep an eye out that the flame is steady and blue, not flickering, dancing, or yellow. The woodstove will vent the pollution, but again, you need to have proper installation and maintenance, using to the right kinds of flue pipe and sealing them properly. If the stove does not draw outside air for combustion, then you will need to make sure that you have another source of outside air to make up for combustion and chimney draft (not much of a problem in a leaky, old home).
