Hello,
I've been reaing this forum for a while but I am a new member. This is a great resource, makes one think about a lot of differnet installations.
I have a home owner that is interested in having whole house surge protection, and I'm trying to see what the best way to do this is. He has a LOT of electronics/computers, most that are used for his home based business. So, he's prepared to spend some money on this. We've already had one computer power supplied during the southern CA rotating blackouts last summer. He is buying 2-3 more computers and I need to make sure that we no longer have a surge issue.
I'm looking at some of the units put out by Wiremold ( Here ) . Intermatic makes something similiar but I'm not sure that these are enough. WOuld I gain anything by going to one of these companies larger systems, with the plug in modules and such? Also,how much effectiveness will I lose in respect to the length of the leads? The unit would be installed on the inside wall behind the main panel, so it would be a 12-20" lead length between the unit and the breaker feeding it. I was also thinking of augmenting the main unit by putting in the outlets with built in surge protection that serve computers/electronics. What am I missing here? Any other ideas or methods that I should be thinking of? Eventually, he will put the computer(s) on UPS's, but 3-5 of them would add up.
Thank you for any help,
Mike
I've been reaing this forum for a while but I am a new member. This is a great resource, makes one think about a lot of differnet installations.
I have a home owner that is interested in having whole house surge protection, and I'm trying to see what the best way to do this is. He has a LOT of electronics/computers, most that are used for his home based business. So, he's prepared to spend some money on this. We've already had one computer power supplied during the southern CA rotating blackouts last summer. He is buying 2-3 more computers and I need to make sure that we no longer have a surge issue.
I'm looking at some of the units put out by Wiremold ( Here ) . Intermatic makes something similiar but I'm not sure that these are enough. WOuld I gain anything by going to one of these companies larger systems, with the plug in modules and such? Also,how much effectiveness will I lose in respect to the length of the leads? The unit would be installed on the inside wall behind the main panel, so it would be a 12-20" lead length between the unit and the breaker feeding it. I was also thinking of augmenting the main unit by putting in the outlets with built in surge protection that serve computers/electronics. What am I missing here? Any other ideas or methods that I should be thinking of? Eventually, he will put the computer(s) on UPS's, but 3-5 of them would add up.
Thank you for any help,
Mike