Well...I'm blessed to live in a region with No* lightening activity, so
generally have ignored doing all the preventative work.
*We hear thunder about once every 4-5 years and see lightening even less
often.
But winter wind brings static build-up on exposed metal (antennas and
wires) so isolating sensitive electronics is desirable. Diode discharge
in coax lines or outright grounding when not in use.
Apparently a static burst (or power-line surge) took out the ground
choke in my KIO3A RS-232 I/F a few years ago and also got the IC (fixed
by K3). I will install my new KIO3B soon to provide direct USB control
of the K3 (KIO3A to become spare).
I do use ground rods for safety grounding and noise and computers are on
UPS.
Phone (internet) and power is buried in my area.
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