[TowerTalk] Whole house surge protectors

[Joe Giacobello]

I must have missed something.  I didn't know there was an issue 
regarding noise emanating from surge protectors.  Please explain.

73, Joe

Floyd Sense wrote:

>I recently installed a whole-house surge protector (Surgebreaker by Square 
>D) in my Square D panel.  I've detected no noise from the unit and it has 
>not shown any ill effects from running the legal limit to nearby antennas. 
>This particular unit has an LED that glows all the time, unless the unit has 
>clamped a surge, and in that case the LED no longer glows, indicating it's 
>time to replace it.  Cost was something less than $50 and was in stock at 
>the local small-town electrical supply store.  In our area (central NC), the 
>power company will only lease their protectors and the cost is around 
>$6-7/month for eternity.  Perhaps they're more effective, but I really don't 
>know.
>
>K8AC
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>Subject: [TowerTalk] Whole house surge protectors
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>>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?
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>>73...
>>Peter, AE1T
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