Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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The 2 pole surge protector will do the same thing as the meter arrester? Thank You
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But you also have to have individual protection on all of your other items. I use a UPS that costs around $60 for all of my office equipment for my work at my house. If you have cable or a phone line you also need to have a protection on those items so it doesn't run through the rest of your wiring in the house. So for all of my living room entertainment equipment I also have a $60 UPS box which has phone and coxial cable connections on it. These boxes also can go bad because of the number of surges they take so you have to watch their status lights. When I lived in Orlando, Progress Energy (Now Duke) kept doing brownouts during the daytime where it was like they flipped the main switch and flipped it right back on. Obviously that's not good for anything in your house to have that happen. I finally was able to get them to put a Device on to register the amount of power coming through the line at my house. Three days later I came home and my air conditioner was not working. The end of the story progress energy paid over $5000 for items that were destroyed by their power surge coming through the house. They couldn't find the problem in the electrical lines for three months before that but it took them less than three days to find a problem in the feeder line a mile away from my house. For the person that suggested that you do not need any protection and just to run it through your homeowners insurance if you have problems they are delusional! You never want to file an insurance claim against your homeowners insurance unless it's absolutely the last defense. Your homeowners insurance will get canceled and your deductible is high anyways! For the person that suggested to get a handyman or anyone except a licensed electrician or Seco to do the work, that is the most insane suggestion to make. If you have a fire and it is proven that you had somebody that is not an electrician mess with your breaker box your insurance claim could be denied! |
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The big word is could--any person can replace a breaker or install a surge protector--there is no LOAD connected to the surge protector its akin to plugging a device into an outlet--the only problem is matching the brand to the panel
it is NOT wiring, do you need a licensed electrician to hang a fixture on an existing ceiling box, NO--a handy man can do this-- if he knows what to do !!! |
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I seems to me that people buy or rent a surge protector based on a sales pitch from SECO or other contractors. But, the electrical codes already require a certain amount of built in surge protection and other installation provisions to assure a safe and reliable electrical service, without unreasonable and harmful surges. Most people I know have not paid extra for an additional whole house surge protector. Call me delusional, but I think paying for an extra surge protection device, without any real verifiable evidence that it works, is a waste of money.
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I put a surge protector in a house that I had purchased for a combat buddy of mine that had fallen on hard times, the house was hit by a big surge the panel cover the hinge part was blown open-he told me that SECO mechanics told him the plug in unit is basically the same thing that they use and it saved his major appliances.
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Leesburg Electric, which services south of 466A, offers what they call "Meter Treater". It's a whole house surge protector for $3.50/month. same thing as SECO but cheaper.
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#39
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Rent for $5.95 per month with $25.00 install fee. Buy for $349.00 plus tax. No install fee. They do not come with individual surge protectors anymore. |
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If you turn off the main breaker, all the busses in the panel are not energized--
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