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Originally Posted by biker1
Read the small print associated with this device. A surge between the SECO device and the transformer is not covered. It will not stop the events that cause real damage; close by lightning strike that hops onto a cable entering your house. I know a couple that lost several appliances in their home from that event and they had a SECO surge protector. There isn't a consumer grade device that will protect you from a close in lightning strike.
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All that you have said we found out the hard way, not in TV but here up north. Ours was not a lightning strike but a surge that went through half of our neighborhood when someone ran into a an electrical pole with their car. It sent a surge that damaged multiple appliances in our home as well as several of our neighbor's homes. Although we had a professionally installed surge protector in our home at the time, it was not capable of taking that sort of hit. And even though it came with $20,000 worth of insurance, the surge protector supplier would not cover it because of the power of that surge. They said exactly what you did - no surge protector could have prevented that from happening. So reading the fine print is a must. We learned the hard way. Not to say one shouldn't have one installed on their house. We have one on our TV home, but we certainly don't feel 100% protected just because we do.