I paid a company to put it in but apparently it is just a plug in breaker
similar to all the others in the breaker box. He just flipped off the
master breaker switch, put the surge protector breaker in, and turned the
master switch back on.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Surge Protector For Breaker Box
> Phil:
> did you put the box surge protector on yourself, or did you have a
> certified
> electrician install it?
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bulk] Surge Protector For Breaker Box
>
>
>> Ain't that the truth, Ron. thanks for the input.
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Yearns" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Bulk] Surge Protector For Breaker Box
>>
>>
>>> No one can guarantee it will stop all strikes, but it can help and will
>>> never hurt. In my 30 years as maintenance electrical supervisor at a
>>> major
>>> university in Missouri I learned that lightening does as it pleases we
>>> just
>>> try to do what we can to minimize damage.
>>> Ron
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:24 PM
>>> Subject: [Bulk] Surge Protector For Breaker Box
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've never known if they helped or not but I had the money recently, so
>>>> =
>>>> I bought a breaker box surge protector for 128. This one is made by G
>>>> E
>>>> =
>>>> and was made for the box I have. It makes me feel better but I don't =
>>>> know if it will help protect the house or not. This week Denver has
>>>> had
>>>> =
>>>> some horribly powerful thunderstorms dropping down into the valley of =
>>>> Denver off the mountains with lots and lots of cloud to ground strikes
>>>> =
>>>> and some very close. We lost power for 4 hours and that never goes
>>>> that
>>>> =
>>>> long. 24,000 Denver customers were without power for hours and the
>>>> next
>>>> =
>>>> day, still 5,000 customers were off the grid. I took a direct
>>>> lightning
>>>> =
>>>> strike many years ago when I had two towers. The 65 foot tower had a
>>>> 26
>>>> =
>>>> foot vertical on top of it and in mid August, of all things, we had the
>>>> =
>>>> worst dry lightning storm I've ever witnessed. I took a direct hit on
>>>> =
>>>> the vertical. It blew the top three feet off the antenna. All
>>>> antennas
>>>> =
>>>> were grounded but I was leaning up against my metal office desk and
>>>> just
>>>> =
>>>> three feet from my coax switch that had all antennas switched to a =
>>>> direct ground. It had the common unplugged from the switch , too, so
>>>> no
>>>> =
>>>> equipment was directly connected. It flashed over three feet from me =
>>>> and as I said, the desk was metal. My ears rang for an hour. Bulbs =
>>>> popped in the house, some diodes popped in my Ten Tec, a phone burned =
>>>> out, and every single breaker in my box tripped off. I actually said
>>>> to
>>>> =
>>>> a friend standing in the room, "Am I still alive?" So this week, with
>>>> =
>>>> all the afternoon storms, I've felt like maybe I was a little more =
>>>> protected. G E had, for my box, a 34 dollar surge protector, but =
>>>> logically, I figured the more expensive one was better. Typical ham.
>>>>
>>>> Phil.
>>>> K0NX
>>>
>
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