Cutler Hammer...great little unit that bolts on to your breaker panel.
Remember that you'll need end point units at all your sensitive
electronic equipment outlets as well. The whole house units get the big
stuff and are designed to self restore for numerous hits over years of
time...to do that they have to limit the clamping performed, so some
energy is allowed to pass and that is where the end point units
pick-up. They are more sensitive and handle the last bits of energy
that may threaten your equipment. The reason you hear folks whine about
having to constantly replace the end point units is because they haven't
invested the money in the whole house unit and the little guys are
getting fried every time there is an energy burst. When you have both
whole house and end point protection you'll find both last quite a long
time.
For my really expensive gear, ham radio bench and HDTV I use a
Un-interruptible Power Supply that runs off internal battery all the
time and therefore hasn't got any switching gliches and spikes on the
load side like the less expensive UPS systems. If you are thinking
about using a UPS be sure you pay the extra bucks to get the FULL TIME
UPS rather than the transfer switch type. Both unit types have
extensive surge protection, so the money you were going to put into end
point surge protection can be subtracted from the cost of the UPS.
Have Fun,
dave
Kelly Johnson wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a high quality whole house surge/lightning suppressor?
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