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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed
SECO is offering a “Surge Mitigator” for $349 outright purchase or $6 per month “rental”
Appears to “help” prevent surges right at the meter before it comes into your house. It only prevents spikes that would affect large appliances. They still recommend “point of use” protection for electronic equipment
I had a whole house surge protector installed inside my Pennsylvania home at the service panel itself. Was recommended by an electrician I trust who was also a volley fire captain and now a close friend.
My questions:
A) why being asked to pay extra for protection before SECO service enters the house? Shouldn’t they provide reliable service? Why don’t they include that within their pricing and give to all customers?
B). Wouldn’t a whole house surge protector at the panel be just as good ... or better?
C). Perhaps a combination of both?
Greatly appreciate any and all experience/thoughts on this from a Florida perspective. Fl and PA weather/storms a lot different
Yes. I should ask a Florida electrician to make a good cost benefit recommendation. Anyone know of such an electrician??
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I installed “whole-house surge protection” inside my (central) circuit breaker box. Subsequently, lightning struck the large oak tree in my front yard. The lightning energy traveled down the tree and blew a hole in the water pipe that entered my home; I had to have the water company turn off the water supply to my house. The hole was between the meter and my home; therefore, the cost of the repair was mine.
My computer setup inside my home was near the tree. The energy surge took out the Comcast cable modem and an interface box for the telephone-via-internet. I did have local surge protection for my PC and printers; there was no damage to them.
You have likely heard about an EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) weapon that destroys electronics. A lightning strike is similar; it does not have to travel down electrical wires for the cable service to do damage to electronics.
----- Retired Electrical Engineer