[TowerTalk] Whole house surge protectors

[Bob Nielsen]

ae1t at netzero.com wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with whole-house surge protectors?  These are installed at the electrical service entrance by the power company (or an electrician).  Do they work?  Has anyone had problems with them in an RF-rich environment?  Do they create any noise of their own?
> 
> 73...
> Peter, AE1T

I self-installed one when I lived in Tucson, AZ (an area with 
significant seasonal lightning).  A co-worker told me that his had taken 
a nearly direct hit and protected everything in his house (the 
protective device itself did not survive), which I felt was a pretty 
good endorsement. I did not notice any noise or other problems operating 
with a low (CC&R-stealth-type) multiband dipole.


73,
Bob, N7XY