There are many ways for lightning to enter the electric wiring in TV.
A hit to the sprinkler rain sensor, a strike on the lamp post, through the bird cage, the attic light, roof vents, and we have a pool.
I think that the protector in the electric meter would only protect from lightning entering trough the meter. Since the utilities are underground that chance, it seems to me, is remote.
When we signed up for electric service I posed this question to TOTV and didn't get a sense of it being a ripoff so we had them turn it on.
Has anyone ever received any money from SECO? My pool pump was damaged last month around the same time someone reported a motor capacitor failure on their heat pump. That could easily have been a lightning problem.
I have always thought that lightning rods were not necessary but the developer has put them on almost all of his buildings. Every time I see them on small single story buildings owned by the developer I think about checking them out.
I haven't yet but it's on my list of things to do.
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