[Elecraft] [OT} Whole House Surge Protection

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On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:42:04 -0700, Erik Basilier wrote:

Erik,

> My questions for the group: Do you have whole house surge protection
> installed, especially with a high leg electrical system?

My answer won't help you a bit, because, as you already know, you have
an abnormal installation.

However, I do use whole house and I use more than one.  There is one at
the entrance where the buried cable comes out of the ground and enters
the house.  There is a second one at the old entrance that is fed
directly by the new underground entrance via long line.  Third, there is
another one located at the shack 230 line that I ran from the old
entrance when I first bought the house.  All of these units are standard
220-0-220 units, none are poly-phase.

I've been using them for some 40 years.  A tidbit of info for you.
General Electric units used to cost $30 each.  I was charged over $120
for the last one I bought.  When I questioned it, I was told that the
prices shot up when the marketing department got hold of the product.
That was many years ago.

I paid no attention to the warranty.  I don't expect them to do a thing
about it if there is any damage.  I just bought the best protection I
could afford at the time.  I wouldn't pay today's prices you quote.
Insurance is cheaper.

> Would it make sense to install the unit at the old panel
> instead of selling it?

It does to me, but then I am not worried about the wording of the
warranty, and I don't have a poly-phase installation where voltages are
odd.

All of the above is my OPINION, and could be incorrect technically.
YMMV.

Gary
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