Does anyone have experience with whole-house surge protectors? These are installed at the electrical service entrance by the power company (or an electrician). Do they work? Has anyone had problems w
I have had one here for 5 years. No problems, and no power-line-induced damage from lightning. The type I use is installed by the power company in a cylindrical housing between the meter and the hous
Mine is from ICE and as far as I know, no problems. It connects across a dedicated big breaker in the panel box. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford R
Our power company in this area is "Xcel Energy" (formerly Northern States Power). I contacted them about a month ago to see if they offer this type of service, and at one cost. The answer was simply
I had a Cuttler-Hammer unit installed when this house was being built about five years ago. Once when I was away, we had a storm that fried several pieces of electronics including the surge protector
I self-installed one when I lived in Tucson, AZ (an area with significant seasonal lightning). A co-worker told me that his had taken a nearly direct hit and protected everything in his house (the pr
I had my builder install a Leviton model 51120-1 whole-house surge protector. It mounts on the wall next to the service panel. It features L-L and L-N protection based on MOVs and has two diagnostic
Author: Dave NØRQ <n0rq-lists@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:52:11 -0500
I have one on my house, installed by the power company. It plugs into the box where the meter would normally plug in, and then the meter plugs into it. It says "LEA International" on it, and cost aro
I've been using Intermatic EG240RC's installed after the main breakers. They have LED's to indicate if they are working (one for each leg). The two units were installed in 1993 and, along with the pl
It's important to understand what these devices do. These "whole house" units are simply BIG MOV's that attempt to conduct the surge to "short it out." In doing so, it must GO somewhere -- that is, c
Some may be surprised upon opening up one of those whole house protectors to find that most are nothing more than a can filled with sand and a heavy duty spark gap inside. The sand is there to quench
I recently installed a whole-house surge protector (Surgebreaker by Square D) in my Square D panel. I've detected no noise from the unit and it has not shown any ill effects from running the legal li
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I must have missed something. I didn't know there was an issue regarding noise emanating from surge protectors. Please explain. 73, Joe _______________________________________________ See: http://www
A surge suppressor conducts when there is a noise spike on the line stronger than it's threshold, and that spike flows to the "ground" wire. Any wire, including one we CALL a ground wire, can act as
the unit in use here is the Innovative Technology XT-40. response time is spec'ed at <= 1 nanosecond. circuit diagnostics are 2 LEDs, one per leg. it uses "encapsulated" MOVs. These are supposed to l
www.pricewheeler.com Yes. This product is based on (and licenses) the same patent as the SurgeX. The Brick Wall product is made for the home market, while the SurgeX product is made for the pro audio
And, as has been pointed out on several occasions, it is critical that other lines (telco, antennas, etc.)that can bring lightning into the house be bonde and/or protected AT THE SAME POINT as the po
Can anyone recommend a high quality whole house surge/lightning suppressor? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Towe
Cutler Hammer...great little unit that bolts on to your breaker panel. Remember that you'll need end point units at all your sensitive electronic equipment outlets as well. The whole house units get