On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:42:04 -0700, Erik Basilier wrote: Erik,
> My questions for the group: Do you have whole house surge protection > installed, especially with a high leg electrical system? My answer won't help you a bit, because, as you already know, you have an abnormal installation. However, I do use whole house and I use more than one. There is one at the entrance where the buried cable comes out of the ground and enters the house. There is a second one at the old entrance that is fed directly by the new underground entrance via long line. Third, there is another one located at the shack 230 line that I ran from the old entrance when I first bought the house. All of these units are standard 220-0-220 units, none are poly-phase. I've been using them for some 40 years. A tidbit of info for you. General Electric units used to cost $30 each. I was charged over $120 for the last one I bought. When I questioned it, I was told that the prices shot up when the marketing department got hold of the product. That was many years ago. I paid no attention to the warranty. I don't expect them to do a thing about it if there is any damage. I just bought the best protection I could afford at the time. I wouldn't pay today's prices you quote. Insurance is cheaper. > Would it make sense to install the unit at the old panel > instead of selling it? It does to me, but then I am not worried about the wording of the warranty, and I don't have a poly-phase installation where voltages are odd. All of the above is my OPINION, and could be incorrect technically. YMMV. Gary -- http://ag0n.net 3055: http://ag0n.net/irlp/3055 NodeOp Help Page: http://ag0n.net/irlp ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
