Re: Whole house surge protectors

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:10:22 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:59:07 GMT, Ignoramus32515
> <ignoramus32515@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>>
>>Also, would a decent UPS such as a APC 2200 (I got four for $60
>>yesterday) be sufficient? We just bought an expensive electronic
>>consumer appliance and I want to protect it. Hence my question.
>>
>>i
>
> About five years ago, we had a surge from a lightning strike at an
> electrical substation some four miles away.
>
> It propagated on _underground_ cabling to my house where it took out
> all the light dimmers in the house, two computers and a couple of TV
> sets.
>
> I added a WHSP as well as little UPS's on critical items.
>
> So far so good... fingers crossed ;-)
>
> ...Jim Thompson

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