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Old 09-01-2025, 10:13 AM
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Your poll should include those who have no whole house surge protection, which I think is more than half of the houses. At least it is in my neighborhood.

Also, your assumption that everyone has point-of-use surge protection may not be correct, because a lot of people assume that all power strips are surge protectors, which is not correct.

I would also add that, just because an electronic device stops working doesn't mean that it was caused by a power surge. Very often, there is no way to determine if the damage was caused by a power surge.

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