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Old 09-15-2014, 12:14   #14
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Our electric company offers whole-house surge protection..installed at the meter. It's $6.99 a month + a one time $44.95 installation fee
http://www.duke-energy.com/surge-protection/[/url]
We are also on Duke/Progress power, and I regularly watch out line voltage sag to 110 volts and as high as 125 volts. They say that is normal, but I suspect that it is hard on electronics.

We also have the Duke whole house protection, plus two large, professional in-wall 240v. panel surge protectors, and individual surge protection power strips, and we still lose things to lightning strikes.

Last time, it ran in on the underground cable TV line, and burned up a number of expensive devices it jumped to.

Duke is apparently very reluctant to actually pay out on any claims. They want you to buy their VERY expensive surge protectors to go with the meter based protection to be warranteed. I figure that at least it will burn their meter based protection before my protection devices get hit.

None of this will guarantee protection from CME, EMP, or lightning. OTOH, it might help, and can't hurt.

TR
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