Whole House Surge Protector
I have a lot of expensive electronics. My tv, my home theatre equipment, my gaming computer and my appliances. I cannot imagine losing any of those things due to an electrical surge. To protect my electronics, I used surge protectors. I have a lot of them, but they don't protect all my other outlets, just the ones I have them plugged into, so when I found the whole house surge protector by Leviton I was more than happy to give it a try.
Unlike a normal surge protector the whole house surge protector installs into your circuit board. Don't worry it isn't difficult and after a little reading online I was able to get the whole house surge protector installed. Now, with a surge protector, you don't really know if it works until your house has an electrical surge.
Fortunately, I have not had an electrical surge yet, but I have heard from many whole house surge protector users who have. One user told me she lived in a neighborhood where the power company made a mistake and caused a an electrical surge to go through an entire area. She said most of her neighbors lost a lot of their electronics. Their fridges were on fire, their tv's were fried. Definitely not the situation you want to find yourself in. The good news is that she said all of her electronics were safe because of the whole house surge protector.
Now, that's just one story and maybe her house was just lucky and didn't get hit by the surge as bad as others. It is safe to say though, that it is a good idea to invest in some sort of surge protector, whether it be a whole house surge protector or just one for individual outlets; either way it's a necessity. If you are overly cautious you could install both the whole house surge protector and a regular surge protector. Then when a surge comes through your home, all of your electronics will be protected.
I highly recommend the whole house surge protector because of the horror stories I've heard from people who have lost over 10,000 dollars worth of electronics due to surges. The best way to protect your investments is to buy a surge protector and there's no easier way to protect your entire home than with the whole house surge protector from Leviton.
If you want to give the whole house surge protector a try, Amazon currently has a good deal on one. You can click here to take advantage of their good deal and protect your home.
March 30th, 2010 - 18:10
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