You can also get surge protector circuit breakers for you electrical panel, up to and including the main breaker which will give whole house protection. They are hell for expensive however. And as far as I know all those insurance plans (that is what they are although they call them warranties so they do not have to be a licensed insurance company) exclude direct hits, otherwise they are likely to be replacing your house.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- George Sinos wrote: > I agree, no such thing as lightning proof. > > Our local power company has an additional option. The offer a whole > house surge protector that installs at the electric service entry > point. It also has connections for the cable tv and telephone > services. > > As frosting on the cake it includes an insurance policy for lightning > damage on anything that gets fried. At one point damage from direct > strikes was excluded. > > See you later, gs > <http://georgesphotos.net> > > > On 6/15/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No such thing, a direct hit is going to destroy stuff. But... >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
