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whole house protection

Recently our furnace was the victim of a power surge during a wind storm. Glad it was not the computer or audio components. Repair man said the furnace was probably running when it happened. If the furnace was not running it possibly may not have happened. We have protection for the computer and audio/video stuff but now I am thinking of installing a whole house surge protection or conditioner. Anyone out there with experience in this. Any comments. Recommend a product line?
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milesd77
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I, myself, put in a SquareD QO surgebreaker I bought it from wwgrainger for my specific panel. It just plugs in the place of a double circuit breaker. You put it as far up towards the mains as you can. 100 bucks.
milesd77
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If you can wire your system up, you can put in a SquareD QO surgebreaker I bought it from wwgrainger for my specific panel. It just plugs in the place of a double circuit breaker. You put it as far up towards the mains (top) as you can. 100 bucks. It has the light to tell you if it is working properly. Shut the main breaker off, install...

"Protects electrical wiring, appliances, and electronics from dangerous power surges. Easily plugs into load center like a two pole circuit breaker. Safeguards the entire electrical system, not just outlets!"
milesd77
25 posts
 
Note that when you switch off the main switch-which is at the top of the board, the circuits below do now have power. But, the big airconditioner or heatpump outside has a capacitor which needs to be discharged carefully. It has significant power.
Secondly, the battery backups you have on the audio are now feeding a slight charge to the board as well.
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