Dan

protector, anyone have one? Brand?

csmeance

I have one from my electric company that installs at the meter, its a ring that goes around the base of it. Though I still use surge/strips on PC's and tv's.

JLatimer

Some of the panel manufacturers (like Siemens) make ones that go in a breaker slot right in your panel and come with a 15amp breaker. This way you connect some of your lights on the circuit and if the surge suppressor trips your lights go out to let you know you need to reset it.

As far as experience I have none - I havent installed one yet.

NSXNEXT

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Home Depot sells a few. I was looking at them last night.

HD surge suppressors

Dan

Heres what I was looking at. The Surgeassure is available at Home Depot.

http://www.surgeassure.com/product.aspx?prod=TE%2f1C40

http://www.smarthomeusa.com/ShopByMa.../Item/51120-1/
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KaMLuNg

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reviving a thread from the dead...

HD's Spring Black Friday sale has this whole house surge protector on sale... i just ordered one... Amazon has it for ~$90, so you get almost $20 off with the sale...

Square D Home Electronics Protective Device (HEPD)-HEPD80 - The Home Depot

it's cheap insurance for your electronics... i'll install it and if i like it, i might get another one for the subpanel in the garage...

KaMLuNg

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3 months later... finally installed..

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1StGenCL

How was the install? My moms house has been hit twice and fried a few things

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I have this one on my house.

Eaton Complete Home Surge Protection CHSPT2MICRO at The Home Depot - Mobile

KaMLuNg

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really easy... there are 4 wires... (2 black, white, green)... white and green go to the neutral/ground bar (my neutral and ground are bonded so it goes into the same bar)... then you need a 2-pole 20amp breaker for the two blacks... the directions say that the breakers should be installed closest to where the power comes in (to intercept any surges as early as possible)... for me that is topmost... so the hardest part for me was having to shift the line of breakers down to make room for it...

if you need any help, let me know... i didn't take any pictures with the panel open to show the wiring but i can...

KaMLuNg

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those are good as well... i only got mine because it was on sale... i think with these, they all do the same thing and something is better than nothing when it comes to these... when you think about the surge strips that protect your thousand dollar home theater system/TV and computer, what kind of protection do we have on a $10-20k HVAC system? most houses have nothing...

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I also have the cable surge suppressor if anyone wants to buy it. It's BNIB. Verizon tech told me it doesnt work with my setup.

Eaton Surge Protection Protects 2 Quad Shield Cables CHSPCABLE at The Home Depot - Mobile

doopstr

I'm surprised that they don't cost more than what they do.

wackjum

Wish I knew about this thread before the end of May when an electrical storm fried my A/C compressor.

An expensive lesson ($10,000) but I've got the Schneider Square D on the home, the rental, and my parent's house now. Install was really easy even for this non-electrician. I really recommend it.

KaMLuNg

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see below... i also learned the hard way... i had lightning fry up my washing machine of all things... it was only a few hundred bucks but got me thinking about the more expensive items we have running in the house...

CCColtsicehockey

hmmm I have two panels in my garage but only one line coming into the house just ended up needing a second panel so I wonder if I would need just one of these? My garage is also finished so is this something I could put behind the beauty panel of the the breaker box as my full sized tool box and a full wall of pegboard are on that wall.

wackjum

I believe you just need one on the main breaker box. The way they work is they monitor the voltage and when they detect a spike, they open a path directly to ground. Because all of the other paths involve tens of feet of wiring throughout your house, the electricity goes in the path of least resistance directly to ground. So one installed on your main breaker where the power comes into your house will protect everything downline including the second breaker box.