Upgrading Your Electrical
Service
If you are upgrading your home
electrical service, you should
consider the addition of a “whole
house” surge protector.
The power grid is overloaded and
power surges accompanied with brown
outs are happening more frequently
across North America.
Our Chicagoland homes are filled
with all sorts of electrically
powered devices and because of that,
we have become more and more
susceptible to electrical surges
delivered over power, telephone,
cable TV and satellite lines.
Surge protection provided by
power bars, UPS systems and other
devices decreases in their ability
to stop a power surge every time it
is called upon. Depending on the
specific devise you are using to
protect against power surges the
protection capabilities can be
reduced by as much as 50% with each
occurrence. As an example, if the
protection was a 100 percent for the
first surge, it could be reduced to
50 percent on the second, 25 percent
on the third, 12.5 percent on the
forth and so on. Very few devices
advise that they have stopped a
surge and hence your ability to know
when to replace any surge protection
devise is basically non-existent.
It is not realistic to consider
protecting all of your appliances,
computer equipment, entertainment
centers with individual power bars
or UPS systems. Power bars are not
even available to protect appliances
such as washing machines, dryers,
and stoves because of their large
power requirements. As well, having
power bars sitting on your kitchen
counter to protect countertop
appliances is not realistic.
What Is The Answer?
“Whole house” surge protectors are
now available from numerous
electrical manufacturers. Mounted on
the incoming legs of the power feed,
after the meter, they provide
complete surge protection for all of
the electrically powered items in a
home or business. Their capabilities
are more advanced then power bars.
By providing an indication of when
they have diverted a surge from your
home to ground, they can also
determine if they are capable of
diverting the next surge. Written
guarantees are being provided by
some of the manufacturers, that
provide for repair or replacement of
any item damaged by a surge that
bypassed their device.
When investigating “whole house”
surge protection you should consider
the devices that provide surge
protection for all incoming lines
including cable TV and telephone.
“Whole house” surge protection also
protects against lightning strikes
that are picked up by any incoming
wires, providing you have purchased
the option for cable TV and
telephone connections.
Put the worry of power surges behind
you and invest in a “whole house”
surge protection device. Consider it
an insurance policy!
For additional information on
electrical products for your home or
other renovation projects, visit
Renovation Headquarters.
Article Source:
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