[springfield]

As soon as we moved in last year, we had the whole house surge protector installed by our handy person and he had us buy these "cubes" for the sprinklers system, micro, and garage door openers. He said they were very sensitive to surges. You can buy them at Lowes or Home Dep. They plug into the outlet and then you plug the appliance into the cube. Several people in our neighborhood lost tvs during our last little thunder boomer light show. It is cheap insurance but won't help with direct hits.