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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