I keep reading stories here on TOTV and Next Door where people say "My house was hit by lightning and we lost several of our electronic devices" or something to that effect. Well, if your house was actually hit by lightning, you would also probably have a fire as well. What is actually happening is lightning is striking near the home causing an Induced Power Surge which couples to the electrical system in your home causing the damage. This happens all the time since these induced surges can occur every time we have a severe thunder storm and lots of lightning hitting the ground. It's not commonly reported because there is no spectular fire but start talking about power surges and damaged devices at your next dinner party and see how many people start telling you about their experience. For more on the subject see this link ->
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As discussed, you don't have to run out and get a Lightning Protection System since that's an individual choice based on your tolerance to risk but I can tell you in addition to the surge protector from Seco on your meter, you need to have the Eaton Ultra or PSP Vortex whole house surge protector installed at your circuit breaker panel to protect you home from these Induced Power Surges that happen all the time. You can use your own electrician or call Dave Robinson on 352-630-3579, he's Lake Deaton Electric. He's installing this protection at a very fair price now that we are in hurricane season. This is not an advertisement but good advice on something every home in the Villages should have installed because we know it works.