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Originally Posted by CybrSage
I had lightning strike a tree 10 feet or so from my old house in PA. I tasted the lightning as my main breaker tripped in the house. I also had an Eaton surge protector in the breaker box and it tripped as well.
No damage to anything in my house, but the large chunks of tree that blew off shredded several screens and slightly damaged my grill.
The boom was so loud I was sure it had struck the house
I replaced the Eaton, happily. Eaton is a major electrical parts company. I am very confident they would honor warranties.
I also use APC UPSs (battery backups) for my main TV and Internet router, as well as one for my desktop PC. They allow the devices to stay running after a power loss so you can gracefully turn things off, but they also have great surge protection AND they smooth out the small spikes and drops in the electric line. It is great to still have Internet access during a blackout.
APC is a great company.
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There you go!
Thanks for sharing your experience.