Thanks for the suggestions!
Electric Panel Surge protection
So, initially, I was thinking of getting a Puritan PSM156 which handles surge protection.
However, ever since, I had an issue with some surges at home (garage panel died as an example), I had spoken to my electrican (friend of the family) and he suggested to surge protect my whole panel/home.
I was suggested to get this model from my audio store, might be overkill? TPD TK-TTLP-1S240-FL , comes with a lifetime warranty.
My question first is, how many of you surge protect your whole panel and does this really then make it worry free for my audio equipment? and only need to get a power conditioner after that doesn't have surge protection?
Once I can get some feedback on this, then I can move onto looking at models to get after.
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I got a whole house surge protector as part of a new electric panel. It had a clear warning that it will not protect from lightning strikes. So electric panel surge protectors may not protect from lightning strikes. Installed a new air conditioning system and they have dedicated surge protectors on both the air handler and the outside condenser. Also have a surge protector as part of a power conditioner used with my audio stuff. Power isolator from transparent Company, and curiously it says it's a hydraulic mechanism for the surge protector. Fascinating. If you’re going away for a couple weeks unplug your audio gear. Had a large oak tree hit by lightning a Long time ago, it never happened again. |
No surge protector will protect against all electrical events. It’s like wearing a bicycle helmet. You don’t wear it to survive being run over by a truck. You wear them because 90% of your accidents are going to be low speed and potentially brain injuring. |
"BTW, the patents on series mode protection expired a while ago and Furman among others now incorporates them into their designs. Looking at the only 3rd party tests I know of, from Wired, the latest Furman and Tripp Lite models outperform Brickwall and ZeroSurge and also add nice additional features." @erik_squires, Do you have a link for the Wired tests? |
@emergingsoul "I got a whole house surge protector as part of a new electric panel. It had a clear warning that it will not protect from lightning strikes. So electric panel surge protectors may not protect from lightning strikes." That means against a direct lightning strike, however they do protect against lightning strike induced surges from nearby hits. |
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