Generally in rural areas the voltage drops will be the cause of ruined
appliances, a surge protector will do you no good in these cases as it does
not address the lower voltage issue.
ck
-----Original Message-----
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of joan e
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 9:26 AM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Re: Whole house surge protection
Hi, I live a in a rural area. For some reason our electric (from the
electric company) surges. I wasn't aware how bad till I lost a microwave. A
washer, and I am sure the refridgerator was affected too.
Not fun having to replace appliances like socks.
Yes our company wants money to put a whole house surge protector on our
line.
If your lights wink and blink be careful. If you can get a protector for one
time fee; it might be worth the peice of mind.
Also about 9 years ago, we had a storm up in Phx.az that was bad, the cable
line brought in the surge and fried the tv.
Nothing else but the tv was affected. Cable insisted it couldn't be there
line.
Oh well I had to buy a new tv. Was greatful no one was in the room, nor
watching it at the time.
It was right over head and never experienced a storm like that before or
after. Lived in the same house for 27 years.
So again, if you can put one one. And its not a ton of money, it might be a
good thing to have.
Joan
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin577@...>
wrote:
>
> Any thoughts if these whole house surge protection devices are worth
> it. Due to the fact I am upgrading my service, I thought I would look
> in to them. I am looking at the Square-D Electric Home Electronics
> Protective Device
> (HEPD) Model # HEPD80.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
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