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Originally Posted by zuidemab
Can you plese comment on the Meter Treater vs Eaton technology and protection?
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Sure, the Seco surge protector installed at your meter is a Type-1 protector designed mainly to block and manage large surges coming from the power utility. Although it can manage other surges, in it's warranty information they say it
will not protect any devices with an electronic chip installed. This is due to it's internal design to manage very large surges. This is why there are reports of device damage and other electical anomolies from an induced power surge with only the Seco surge supressor installed. According to a study by Leviton Electric, power surges from the power utility statistically occur about 20% of the time while all others occur statistically 80% of the time. This is why we see reports of device damage with only the Seco surge protector installed. It's because the surge didn't come from the power line but it came from some other source.
The Type-2 Primary Surge protector installed at your circuit breaker panel such as the Eaton Ultra, will block and manage all surges occuring from any branch circuit going through your circuit breaker panel and prevent them from spreading to your entire home along with any residual surges passing from the Type-1 protector mounted at the meter. It's internal design
will protect devices with an electronic chip installed. The Eaton Ultra is just one of many Type-2 primary surge protectors. The Siemens, Vortexx, and others have similar specifications and will effectively work the same but the Eaton Ultra is the cheapest in that line-up.
Ultimately, effective surge protection is only possible with a layered approach which means you need both Type-1 and Type-2 surge protectors along with the Type-3 point-of-use protectors at your sensitive electronic equipment such as your TVs, computers, modems and other devices. Fortunately, new HVAC and spa and pool installs include surge protection for these devices. Finally, surges can come from the cable and irrigation systems. Currently there are no devices to block surges coming from the irrigation system but you can get surge protectors for the cable on Amazon. Or you can switch to Fiber Internet if you home has it available and don't worry about this source of power surges.