[Elecraft] [OT} Whole House Surge Protection

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

Let me say this more clearly so there is no misunderstanding... you only use
one of these per load center.  So for example, I have three 200 Amp load
centers in my house with 40 breakers each (600 amp feed to the house).  I
use one of these per load center, for a total of three.  It cost me a total
of $150 for the surge protectors... and I've never had a failure.  I used
them on my last house too, that I built in 1995 and I never had a failure
there either (but I did have to replace one surge protector after a bad
storm).


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ

Owner - Operator
Big Signal Ranch
Staunton, Illinois

email:  bill at wjschmidt.com


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Erik Basilier
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 10:39 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] [OT} Whole House Surge Protection

Bill,

 

Thanks for the tip; I had not seen those. However, off the top of my head,
with the new addition I will have about 30 circuits, so putting those
devices on each circuit would cost a lot more than even the $600 whole house
unit I was looking at.

 

73,

Erik K7TV

 

Bill K9HZ wrote:

 

http://www.drillspot.com/products/120821/square_d_qo2175sb_qo_surgebreaker_s

econdary_surge_protector

 

I use these at all of my locations...

 

 

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