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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
$72/year for whole house surge protection seems pretty ridiculous when your realize you could buy a surge protector for every electronic device in your home for almost the same money. Almost none of the electronic devices in your home are hard-wired, and motor-driven devices like garbage disposals, A/C compressors, and pool pumps don't need it. Even the electronics on your HVAC are on that 110v plug next to your furnace, which you can easily plug into a $5 single-plug surge protector.
I agree that SECO ought to provide whole-house protection. But $72/year to insure your appliances against a lightning strike is absurd when you realize it only costs a couple of grand to insure your entire house against EVERYTHING
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The whole-house suppressor is not *insurance* it is protection. Insurance reimburses you for the purchase of items destroyed by a lightning strike. *Protection* prevents the strike from destroying the items in the first place.
If you don't mind the inconvenience of replacing electronics or appliances or your entire home then rely only on your insurance. If you would rather avoid the hassle of dealing with no refrigerator or no AC or no TV or no roof then install protection systems (LPS, whole-house , and endpoint)
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