mine was custom installed by Galaxy, and it costs about $500. . . what does it do? protects against locally created surges. Most electrical distribution grids contain surge protectors to protect the home. I remember in the early nineties walking down a hallway in an office building in Boca Raton and hearing the surge protectors clicking away with the surges during electrical storms.
Today, the grid is completely upgraded, and the surges are few and far between. However, locally created surges from local lightning surges is what the protector will help protect from. Note I said help protect from, because the closer the hit, the less the surge protector is able to handle. . . its an odds game. . . probability very low, but probability higher here than other places, whose local does not start with FL. I look at the expense as a small insurance product over the next 10 years, will be $50 per year. . . paid up front, so that if the house does get a direct hit, the insurance company will pay. . .
internet lawyers need not tell me to read my policy, thanks in advance
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