SURGE PROTECTION
The Electric Solution installs, repairs and services surge protection equipment in homes and commercial businesses throughout the Triangle area, including Raleigh, Wake Forest, Garner, Clayton, Cary, Durham, Knightdale and beyond. Call The Electric Solution to schedule your free in-home power surge protection inspection. We have the electic solution!
SERVICE INFORMATION
Start with a free home electrical power estimate from The Electrical Solution. We will determine how much power the home needs, and how many appliances and electronics would be impacted by a major power surge. After the inspection, our licensed electricians will prepare a surge protector recommendation report and detailed up-front installation pricing. At your convenience, TES will schedule an appointment to add the surge protector to your home’s main power line at the electrical panel. If your home has more than one electrical panel, multiple small surge protectors can be wired into the dedicated circuits. The power estimate and inspection helps us determine the best option for your home.
The Right Amount of Energy
During spring’s pop-up thunderstorms, summer’s blazing heat, fall’s windy fronts and winter’s ice storms, it’s difficult for power companies to regulate electricity distribution. The flow of electricity supplied to your home can be unstable at times, making your appliances and electronics vulnerable to “surges.”
Usually, the problem of preventing electrical surge damage is left to the homeowner to solve. Do you buy surge protector power strips? Do you spend time running around the house during a lightning storm unplugging everything in sight while putting yourself at risk for electrical shock? Or do you simply rely on your homeowner’s insurance policy to cover any surge losses that may occur? Instead of the hassle, protect your investments by preventing surge damage with a Whole House Panel Surge Protector. This is a main zone protection, which stops power surges before they can enter the house through the transmission lines. The panel surge protector unit acts as your home’s first line of defense.
How Does a Surge Protector Work?
When power on a circuit reaches a surge protector, the unit measures the power. If the power is higher than a certain point, the unit’s switch turns off the electricity to the appliances connected to the unit. The surge protector routes the power to a grounding wire, which in turn routes the surge power outside the home through the ground circuit system.
What causes power surges?
You will notice a power surge most often when a major appliance turns on or off, and lights blink at the same time. That is a power surge because the large appliance has a motor or compressor that needs so much electricity that it disrupts the constant flow of voltage in the home’s electrical system. Refrigerators, air conditioners, hot tubs, and elevators are large appliances that pull large amounts of electricity, which affects other circuits in the electrical system.
Other reasons for power surges include:
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