Unplugged My Speakers While They Were On

[Meteora]

I have a 30W Hewlet Packard 2.1 Speaker System.

I was replacing them in the house, so I had to unplug them from where they were plugged. I didn't notice that they were on when I unplugged them.

Is this generally unhealthy for the speaker, and what are the possibilities of unlugging speaker systems this way?

Thanks.

 

[j_garcia]

Unless it caused a spike when you did it, it probably won't make any difference. If you fire them back up and they sound fine then it is unlikely that it will be a problem.

 

[gmichael]

Unless it caused a spike when you did it, it probably won't make any difference. If you fire them back up and they sound fine then it is unlikely that it will be a problem.

Agreed, but there is no sense in making a habbit of this.

 

[Meteora]

I was wondering by the way, is there any problem with leaving surge protection multi-outlets inside the wall during an event that may cause a power surge in the house (like a thunderstorm), or should I leave the surge protection multi-outlets unplugged from the wall (when I'm not using them of course)?

Also, I was wondering, is there a type of home wiring system that protects against power surges/outages caused by weather? Or are power surges/outages likely to occur with any home wiring?

Sorry if my questions seem a lot. I was doing a little research and couldn't find the exact answers I was looking for.

 

[yepimonfire]

yes its called a UPS surge protector........

 

[markw]

NOTHING can protect equipment from a lightening strike if it's plugged into the wall.

 

[j_garcia]

NOTHING can protect equipment from a lightening strike if it's plugged into the wall.

Plain and simple, what Markw said. There are whole home surge suppression systems but even those likely aren't capable of 100% protection either because of the extreme voltages we are talking about with lightning.

A UPS can't even protect itself from a lightning strike, nor is it a surge suppressor.

 

[Mika75]

Unplugged My Speakers While They Were On @ Hometheartershack.com/forums