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Originally Posted by villagetinker
We have one, the house next-door had a close in lightning strike, it did $7000 in damage, ours had no damage. Think the lightning hit a sign pole at the back of their yard, this was about 150 feet from our house. I will mention the comcast cable failed about 18 months later and in discussion with the tech, he stated that failure may have been due to the strike.
IMHO, these are effective for the close in strikes, they will do nothing for a direct strike. Also, these will not protect EXTERNAL wiring, landscape lights, pool controls, and other wiring that goes outside the house.
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I agree with Village Tinker (Again! Thank you for good information). We also added surge protector electrical outlets on all internal circuits supplying electrical power to major appliances. And, we have lightning rods installed proper to the electrical code. So, SECO external surge protector, internal circuit surge protectors, roof mounted rods per the code. Above was done after consulting with family electrician who knows the trade. Note: neighbor across the street has had two lightning strikes in 20 years, neighbor down the street had their house destroyed (now rebuilt) by a strike. TV is the place for lightning!