surge protector

Mile High wrote:

KATOOM wrote:
I guess I have another seemingly obvious question.....

In all this talk about how important it is having a surge protector on your RV, I wonder how many of you have surge protectors on your house????? And I'm not talking about those extension cord surge protectors on your computers. If its this important and for some reason the breaker box is not capable of handling power surges, then you should also have a built in surge protector on your home for all those electrical components as well. Just saying.....

I don't have one on my house, but I know where my house is plugged into every night :)

Good reply......and I know where my house is plugged into every night also.....however - -..:(

No lightning storms, power lines are underground (no trees into the lines) - very reliable power supply.

Maybe "Murphy" got me??..:(

A *planned* So CA Edison power outage for 8 hours probably cost me a relatively new (but out of warranty) $350. DVR.
No way to tell - and it *was* connected to an individual surge protector, but when power came back on.....it was a goner.

Soooooo...."KATOOM" has a good point about sticks and bricks (home) whole house surge protection!..;)

And - destructive surges (over long term) may occur *inside* your home as well as from outside.

Whole House Surge Protectors - "House Logic" article

Also Google: "Whole House Surge Protection"
The potential benefits may far exceed the minimal cost (less than the price of the DVR I "lost").

May be installing one real soon.


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