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Originally Posted by chachacha
a friend has been researching surge protection systems and it seems there is a wide range and differences in price....she was told the SECO protector only attaches at the meter but i don't think that is true...i have a system on my circuit breaker box which was installed by my home inspector. Hayes Electric recommends Ditek at a cost of over $600 and Pike recommends an Eton system also over $400. any experience with any of these or research already done on this topic?
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The big problem for us Floridians is that we're the lightning capitol of the USA. No other place gets more lightning than us. And, to compound that, our soil which is mainly sand has high resistance. No place for the lightning to drain off
Based on that, protection is always recommended but we don't need to go crazy with cost. My villa for example has lightning terminals on the roof to intercept lightning strikes