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Originally Posted by villagetinker
I am GUESSING the proposed HVAC surge protector would be installed at the disconnect for the HVAC unit. Actually, I have the SECO surge protector and with it there were several individual surge protectors. I believe the SECO unit does a reasonable job, as there was a close in lightning strike at the rear of my neighbors house. They had around $7000 in damages, we had none. I believe this was a combination of the main SECO surge protector, and all of the individual units.
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I think you are correct that the HVAC surge protector would be installed at the outside unit disconnect. But, the Sunkool guy told the OP that the $200 HVAC surge protector would protect against "low voltage" surges, which the SECO surge protector would not. This sounds like hogwash to me because the outside disconnect is a high voltage switch for safety purposes. The surge protector would do nothing to protect a low voltage motor module, which apparently is located inside the house.