BOP
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Anyone sign up for SMECO's StormSentry surge protector?
At $5.25 a month, I imagine I could get one installed in the box by an electrician for only about 2 years worth of fees.Anyone sign up for SMECO's StormSentry surge protector?
You also have power filters that don't wear out and are a better option if you have high quality a/v equipment because it constantly "monitors" the lines unlike the shunt trips that only stop a surge when the level is exceeded.
Along the same lines are UPS (uninterruptible power supplies). They can be used on anything, not just computers. I used one on a heater I had in the greenhouse to keep the frequent power hits from knocking out the heat in the dead of winter. Downside is that the battery needs to be replaced every few years.
Basically two kinds of UPS, Standby and In-Line. The standby passes line A/C to the end device, and if a power event occurs, the batteries kick in. There is a minor delay, and while not on batteries you can get power transients. The In-Line uses the batteries all the time, then passes the battery power to the end device. End result is clean, filtered power.
I beg to differ. Do not buy Tripp-Lite.