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Originally Posted by thelegges
Not sure if repetition is lack of memory posting same previous posts.
Or repetition because someone thinks posters have memory loss.
I keep hope something New will be posted about a newer product, but nada.
The poll doesn’t have a box for me to check 7 houses (2004-Now) only seco, In 21 years.
NO Loss of any inside appliances, TV, wifi. Yes 3 power surge…(according to neighbors) .No damage.
Pretty good record for 7 houses in 7 very different areas of TV in 21 years.
Kind of makes you wonder why spend the money.
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When it comes to lightning protection, there isn't anything new except for CMCE devices which there are no studies except for lab results, that they actually work in all storms for residential installations. You can google the topic for all the information on that technology and it's very high cost. There is one installation that we know of here in Osceola Hills.
Surge protection on the other hand has some new developments because most homes have a lot more sensitive electronic devices than ever before. We spoke about the Eaton Ultra which is a surge protector with MOV technology used by many all over the country for many years but the PSP Vortex series-R uses a hybrid system consisting of temperature protected MOVs with a gas discharge tube for greater capacity and longevity. Several Villager's including myself have the PSP Vortex Series-R installed so it will be interesting to see over time, how these two surge protector technologies actually work and if one technology is better than the other or are they equivalent in a multi-layered surge protection system.
But again the focus of this thread as stated in the first post is to see what experience Villagers have had with Type-1 meter and Type-2 whole house surge protectors in an effort to see how effective either or both were in actual real life events since the question comes up a lot about do we need both here in lightnig prone central Florida.