Surge / Ground / Lightning

Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
contained those keywords since 2001???

NB wrote:
> Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
> contained those keywords since 2001???
He is a crossposting geek who knows nothing about
electricity, and even less about general science.

On Apr 30, 12:17 pm, Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulf...@ppllaanneett.nnlll>
wrote:
> NB wrote:
> > Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
> > contained those keywords since 2001???
>
> He is a crossposting geek who knows nothing about
> electricity, and even less about general science.

Is that the guy who said he figured out a way to safely handle downed
power lines and was going to go try it out?

Dave.

"NB" <nobuyout@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b53f2fef-00bd-40d0-9ac1-c69b3bcadf52@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
> contained those keywords since 2001???

I think he sells surge suppressor strips and he uses the newsgroups to
promote his products by arguing with people about their effectiveness.

Paul

David L. Jones wrote:
> On Apr 30, 12:17 pm, Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulf...@ppllaanneett.nnlll>
> wrote:
>> NB wrote:
>>> Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
>>> contained those keywords since 2001???
>> He is a crossposting geek who knows nothing about
>> electricity, and even less about general science.
>
> Is that the guy who said he figured out a way to safely handle downed
> power lines and was going to go try it out?
>
> Dave.
I hope so....

"NB" <nobuyout@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b53f2fef-00bd-40d0-9ac1-c69b3bcadf52@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
> contained those keywords since 2001???

He an obsessive-compulsive disorder victim, apparently driven by some kind
of bizarre fetish involving ground rods.

On Apr 29, 9:35 pm, NB <nobuy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
> contained those keywords since 2001???

And yet so far he has not appeared in this thread.

W_TOM are you there?

Bates wrote:
> On Apr 29, 9:35 pm, NB <nobuy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
>>contained those keywords since 2001???
>
>
> And yet so far he has not appeared in this thread.
>
> W_TOM are you there?
>

Maybe he's another Tesla.

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:31:39 -0500, Hugh <hugh@spankthemonkey.net>
wrote:

>Bates wrote:
>> On Apr 29, 9:35 pm, NB <nobuy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
>>>contained those keywords since 2001???
>>
>>
>> And yet so far he has not appeared in this thread.
>>
>> W_TOM are you there?
>>
>
>Maybe he's another Tesla.


Many have recently filtered out Googlegroups becauise it's become the
overwhelming source of newsgroup spam. That's coincidentally who
wacko_tom posts through. I only see his nonsense if someone else is
foolish enough to respond to his rants.

In article <4818170b$0$19828$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net>,
Paul E. Schoen <pstech@smart.net> wrote:
>"NB" <nobuyout@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b53f2fef-00bd-40d0-9ac1-c69b3bcadf52@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>> Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
>> contained those keywords since 2001???
>I think he sells surge suppressor strips and he uses the newsgroups to
>promote his products by arguing with people about their effectiveness.

That would be a distinct improvement!

His posts are all about how surge protection has long been well
understood and effective protection isn't that hard but the
methods discussed in this thread are all wrong & stupid.

There is never any suggestion about what one should actually do,
not even an obviously biased one like "buy my product".
--
Jim Prescott - Computing and Networking Group jgp@seas.rochester.edu
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester, NY