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HERE is the email i got from the company who wants me to install the 2 pole breaker for their whole house surge protector/capacitor, in the top left breaker space. And ONLY the top left breaker space. Almost always their is big wire up there. Almost always their is a generator breaker their...
Kind of naturally becomes somewhat of a whole house protector in those cases, as that is the type of protector he is supplying. Just the other day had a HVAC guy hand me such a protector and wanted it on the circuit for his mini-split he was installing. Again somewhat becomes a whole house protector just because it is in there.
You need to have a "cascaded" approach to SPD's. Start at the breaker panel and then have additional protection down stream. Also, like Mike Holt said "You get what you pay for." If you spend $49.95 on a whole house SPD you'll get $49.95 worth of protection. Think of these SPD's as shock absorbers on your car.
An SPD however can protect other fancy electronic breakers in the same panel, which could be a significant savings given the cost of replacing a whole panel full of AFCI's. So bottom line: either use a Type 1 and ignore the breaker issue, or use a Type 2 behind a regular or high inrush breaker of the maximum size supported by your SPD.
12. Fort Worth, TX. May 19, 2020. #1. For those that have the Powerwall and Gateway, that's a lot of money in electronics. For two powerwalls, its a $14k job. I asked Tesla about surge protection, if the Gateway or Power Walls have it built in. That question was fielded to someone else at Tesla, when the answer was not known.
Senior Member. 190219-2111 EST enireh: My answer would be no. The whole house suppressor should located at the main panel, and connected as close to the output of the main breaker as possible, further and with the shortest possible leads. Even better would be outside the house just after the meter.
In our previous house we had power issues in the 1st couple of years of ownership. Blew out 2 sets of HVAC circuit boards. Power company claimed there was no issue. Eventually we had electrician put in an in-line surge protector on main power feed (was 200 amp service). Believe it was an intermatic device. No further issues.
81. Atlanta, GA. Aug 14, 2020. #2. I have one house with a 200A service with an external whole house surge protection. The other house has two panels for a 400A service. In this one I am using two internal panel surge protection like this one: Square D Homeline 50 kA Plug-On Neutral Whole House Surge Protective Device-HOM250PSPD - The Home Depot.
Who put a heavy-duty surge protector on the side of the farmer’s house, whose first stage was a bunch of spark gaps which would arc across at 3,000 volts or so, followed by even more chokes and MOVs after that. Expensive, but the farmer’s TV set stopped needing repetitive replacement. Fun. 2.
Guys thank you for the links I will read them in depth. mgookin I agree with your previous post 100%. Now who believes surge protectors are oversold to Unknowing elderly people at $400 a pop to protect their $12 Walmart toaster buy a electrical technician ( doing finger quotes right now) because they work on commission