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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 Seco Type-1 surge protector is designed to block and or manage very large surges coming from the power lines to your home. It will help manage other surges but the Type-2 surge protector installed at your circuit breaker panel is specifically desiged to block and or manage any surges coming from any circuit in your home including those getting by the Seco protector. This is why the Seco protectors warranty states it won't cover any device with an electronic chip while the Eaton Ultra and the Vortexx do. According to a Leviton study power surges coming from the power lines occur about 20% of the time whereas all others occur about 80% of the time. In theory, for maximum protection you need both Type-1 and Type-2. If you don't want to spend the money on the Seco protector get the Eaton Ultra or the PSP Vortexx installed at your circuit breaker panel an you will be covered. Lenhart Electric installs both and has the best prices right now if you tell them you were referred from this site.