[Elecraft] Surge Protection

[Bob]

Hi Bill,

           I agree.  I know neighbors here who have had failures of microwave 
ovens, dishwashers,
and other household items that the control boards have been "smoked".  The only 
thing I have
ever lost was a PC modem and I believe that was via the phone line not the power 
line.

           NFI but I believe this was among the best deals I ever got:

http://www.deltasurgeprotectors.com/home.cfm

           I put in the earlier version of the LA302R.  I "think" it has worked 
based on the failures of
others in my neighborhood.  It is one of those things that I can not actually 
prove worked.  It has
been installed at my power service entrance for many years now.

           Maybe I've been lucky but I take no extra protective steps other than 
making sure my
antennas are grounded.

73,
Bob
K2TK  ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR


On 1/14/2013 4:05 PM, William Levy wrote:
> Gents,
>
> I do not think it is worthwhile to buy surge protection for individual
> items.
> I live in NW CO and we have thunderstorms all summer and for years I used
> surge protectors individually until my electrician suggested I put surge
> protectors on my electric panels coming into my house, shacks, barns, guest
> houses, library etc. So each building out west now has a surge protector on
> the electrical panel which hisses and clicks during thunderstorms and of
> course we tend to unplug ham sets and tv's and hi fi's and wifi's and all
> the rest of the stuff.
>
> Nothing man makes can protect your electronics from a direct hit to your
> antennas or house and by direct I mean within 100 feet. Try as you might
> it's bigger than us. So unplug and ground all antennas all the time.
>
> 73, Bill N2WL
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