All of the recent extreme weather has me thinking about surge protection. I started researching whole-house surge protection and came across a few solutions, including the Siemens BoltShield and FirstSurge. Does anyone here have experience with a whole-house surge protection system? Any info or...
I have one house with a 200A service with an external whole house surge protection. The other house has two panels for a 400A service. In this one I am using two internal panel surge protection like this one: Square D Homeline 50 kA Plug-On Neutral Whole House Surge Protective Device-HOM250PSPD - The Home Depot
Will the UPS backup for my PC still provide surge protection, or will that feature be nullified by the whole house surge protector? The Gen 3 Wall Connector manual only had a section regarding GFCI, and continuous ground monitoring in the USA. Unfortunately, it had little to say about requiring a whole house surge protector (my biggest question).
Personally, I think every home with high value electronics, solar and / or battery systems should have a quality whole house surge protection system installed and quality surge suppressor strips, but I'm not an electrician.
What do people do to protect their cars from electrical spikes from say lightning when plugged in? Do ppl have whole house surge protection or something else? Does the Tesla have any surge protection built in?
YouTube on MSN: How to install a whole house surge protector | Siemens FS140 whole house surge protection
In this video, learn how to install the Siemens FS140 whole house surge protector, which safeguards your home electronics from lightning strikes and utility power surges. Additional protection for ...