can a whole house surge protector be mounted at a sub panel and still work properly? The ;inductance of the wiring from the main to the sub will prevent the arrestor at the sub from doing much of anything to protect other main panel loads.
My question is, if a future owner wants to use electric, would the whole house surge protector still provide whole house protection if located on a subpanel? I have done some Googling but haven't found a good answer. This would be good to know in case a future owner wanted to switch to electric dryer in the future.
HERE is the email i got from the company who wants me to install the 2 pole breaker for their whole house surge protector/capacitor, in the top left breaker space. And ONLY the top left breaker space. Almost always their is big wire up there. Almost always their is a generator breaker their...
whole House surge protector requires breaker to be top left space? I ...
Since whole house surge protectors wire into neutral anyways, I wish there was more choice available for lost neutral protection that works similar to ground fault relay if it sees say more than 20v rise on one pole concurrent with voltage drop on the other. Not open for further replies.
So I'm wondering what's a good size surge protector for whole home? Also best place to put it. House has a 200 amp auto transfer switch with built in breaker so that's first means of disconnect. Then from there goes in side house to a junction box that is tapped and feeds 100 amp sub panel for...