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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
It didn't sound like he was going to do any testing to determine why the electronics failed. It sounded to me like he was making an off-the-cuff remark in order to sell a surge protector.
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Understood, and good to be sceptical and get a second opinion.
However, based at least on my education and experience, and how much lightening we get here, I agree that a surge was a likely cause. The service tech probably had the same guidance from their experiences/training.
My general rule of thumb is if the cost to protect was more than 10% of the cost to replace, I'd probably not go for it.
Maybe higher if it risks going without air conditioning in August
