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| conservation cop - 7/19/2021 11:58
For the record, it was NOTÂ a lightening strike that took out power. It was downed trees. (
Surges are created by stray cars, linemen errors, wind, tree rodents, utility switching, equipment failure, and other reasons. We discuss lightning only because it is the typical example of a surge. And because effective protection protects from all surges - including direct lightning strikes.
The same solution that protects from lightning also protects from all those other destructive sources.
Outages do not damage electronics.
An Intermatic sales manager discusses what a downed tree did during Hurricane Andrew. Wind and that tree connected thousands of volts into his entire house. What then followed, as a result, was an outage.
Edited by westom 7/19/2021 18:12
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surge protector vs. the refrigerator
