Surge protector on the meter or in the panel is the way to go for $6 a month. I lease them because if they fail, the electric company will replace it for free. You buy a unit for $500 and it fails/or works because it caught a surge, you have to buy another and have it put in.
You can’t put surge protectors on every outlet in your house say for your dryer/over/furnace/air conditioning unit, so the whole house surge protectors are needed.
Most people buy the cheapest surge protectors for their TV’s and stereo systems and they rob you of performance. I went fairly cheap for a surge/noise conditioner box for my home theater tv/stereo at $500, but for a really nice surge/line conditioner for a good/great audio system, they can cost up to $10k, which will regenerate the power for your system.
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