I have had "good luck" with individual protectors and consider that a better
approach. I have had direct strikes twice in my house (The house was built 199
and I have a good lighting protection) and "only" had to replace the, now,
burnt-out protectors. No other damages. Only once did I have an old TV going
"99" but it didn't have a protector :-)
If you consider a "whole house" protector you have make extremely well sure
that it will protect your house. We have had several discussions regarding
lighting protection of the shack from lighting-hits in a tower and the same
discussion is valid for the house as well. You have to make sure the damaging
surge is correctly lead away from the house and doesn't get some sneaky path
through the house. (... something I am not too sure the "trained" installer
knows all the time.)
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
To: Dale M. Schwartz <dale@immlawfirm.com>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 1:01 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] WHOLE HOUSE SURGE SUPRESSORS
Hi Dale.
I've been in the fire service for 27 years now and I can't tell you the
number of surge suppressors of the type that are typically installed on
a 1/2" or 3/4' knockout hole*http://tinyurl.com/2cpxn7a *that created
the structure fire that we were responding to. On a couple of
occasions, I've seen them violently shoot green flames out of them in
every direction as they burned themselves to a cinder.
My power company installs the meter base style suppressor which places
it outside of the structure the majority of the time. I'm sure that's
probably what you're also looking at.
http://progress-energy.com/custservice/flares/surgeprotect/appliances.asp
http://www.metertreater.com/Homeowners.html
73,
Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com
On 1/2/2011 11:04 PM, Dale M. Schwartz wrote:
> Are the whole house surge superstore worth considering? If so, should I opt
for the local power company installation ($9.00/month forever) or have an
electrician install my own?
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