Are Whole-Home Surge Protectors Worth the Investment?
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Protecting your home and its appliances with a whole-home surge protector is worth the investment. Power surges can occur without warning, leaving your home vulnerable to the consequences.
These sudden spikes in voltage can damage or destroy your electronics, appliances, and even your home’s electrical system. In this blog, we’ll explore the many benefits of whole-home surge protection and how it can keep you and your family safe.
What is a whole-home surge protector?
Whole-home surge protection devices safeguard your home’s electrical systems, appliances, and valuable electronics from harmful voltage spikes and surges. This protection is crucial during lightning strikes, utility grid issues, or unexpected power outages.
A professional, licensed electrician must install the whole-house surge protector device into your electrical panel. Once the device has been installed, it will continuously monitor the voltage of electrical currents. If the voltage is too high, the surge protector diverts the excess voltage so it does not affect your appliances and electronics.
With whole-home surge protection in place, you can have peace of mind knowing your family is safe from unexpected power surges.
Surge protection can prevent electrical fires
Whole-home surge protection devices prevent hazards like electrical fires. High spikes in voltage can cause overheating in wiring, damage electrical panels, and create sparks. If you use power strips to power multiple electronic devices, your risk of having a power surge increases even if you use strip surge protectors.
A whole-home surge protector reduces the risk of dangerous situations by diverting excess voltage from your home’s electrical components. This added layer of protection ensures your home stays safe and provides peace of mind during surges.
Protects appliances and devices from electrical damage
Whole-home surge suppressors safeguard your electronic devices, appliances, and larger systems like HVAC units and EV chargers. While traditional power-strip surge protectors only protect items directly plugged into them, whole-home protection shields everything in your home from sudden voltage spikes.
By installing a whole-home surge suppressor, you ensure that your home’s most vulnerable systems remain safe from unexpected voltage spikes. This proactive measure offers peace of mind and helps avoid costly repairs.
Extend the lifespan of your electrical panel
With surge protection built into your electrical panel, voltage spikes are redirected away, so your panel remains free from direct damage. During a surge, the excess electrical current is safely diverted to the ground wiring, ensuring it never reaches your panel or systems.
A surge protector shields your panel from the stress and wear caused by voltage spikes and helps maintain its efficiency and reliability over time. By reducing the risk of overheating or damage to internal components, whole-home surge protectors can significantly extend the lifespan of your electrical panel, saving you money on costly repairs or replacements.
Have peace of mind with Black Diamond
At Black Diamond Plumbing & Mechanical, we know how important it is to feel safe and protected in your home. Power surges aren’t just inconvenient, they can also be dangerous. By having a professional electrician from Black Diamond install a whole-home surge protector device, you can feel confident in the safety and protection of your appliances and electrical devices.
In addition to free estimates for EV chargers, we are offering free whole-home surge protection when you purchase an electrical vehicle charger from Black Diamond. Learn more by calling us at 815-444-0979.
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