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Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: WHOLE HOUSE SURGE SUPRESSORS

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: WHOLE HOUSE SURGE SUPRESSORS
From: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:01:54 -0500
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> The gold standard is to have both... whole house to protect heavy 
> equipment
> like AC compressors, etc. then end-point protectors for LCD TVs,
> refrigerator CPUs, PCs, Ham Radios, etc.

But only if the secondary suppressors are single mode (fault current path to 
neutral), rather than devices that offer the popular "all three modes" of 
protection.  If secondary protection is desired after installing a 
whole-house protector, it should only be single mode (e.g., SurgeX, 
Brickwall, ZeroSurge).  Except for the whole-house surge protector, "three 
modes of protection" devices have no place in a home.

Paul, W9AC 

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