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WEBOct 12, 2012 · HERE is the email i got from the company who wants me to install the 2 pole breaker for their whole house surge protector/capacitor, in the top left breaker space. And ONLY the top left breaker space. Almost always their is big wire up there. Almost always their is a generator breaker their...
Whole house surge protector. Can it be on a subpanel?
WEBJul 27, 2018 · Kind of naturally becomes somewhat of a whole house protector in those cases, as that is the type of protector he is supplying. Just the other day had a HVAC guy hand me such a protector and wanted it on the circuit for his mini-split he was installing. Again somewhat becomes a whole house protector just because it is in there.
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WEBJun 5, 2019 · You need to have a "cascaded" approach to SPD's. Start at the breaker panel and then have additional protection down stream. Also, like Mike Holt said "You get what you pay for." If you spend $49.95 on a whole house SPD you'll get $49.95 worth of protection. Think of these SPD's as shock absorbers on your car.
Why a breaker size limit, on a whole panel/whole house surge …
WEBFeb 26, 2014 · An SPD however can protect other fancy electronic breakers in the same panel, which could be a significant savings given the cost of replacing a whole panel full of AFCI's. So bottom line: either use a Type 1 and ignore the breaker issue, or use a Type 2 behind a regular or high inrush breaker of the maximum size supported by your SPD.
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WEBSenior Member. 190219-2111 EST enireh: My answer would be no. The whole house suppressor should located at the main panel, and connected as close to the output of the main breaker as possible, further and with the shortest possible leads. Even better would be outside the house just after the meter.
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WEB12. Fort Worth, TX. May 19, 2020. #1. For those that have the Powerwall and Gateway, that's a lot of money in electronics. For two powerwalls, its a $14k job. I asked Tesla about surge protection, if the Gateway or Power Walls have it built in. That question was fielded to someone else at Tesla, when the answer was not known.
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WEBMay 18, 2019 · In our previous house we had power issues in the 1st couple of years of ownership. Blew out 2 sets of HVAC circuit boards. Power company claimed there was no issue. Eventually we had electrician put in an in-line surge protector on main power feed (was 200 amp service). Believe it was an intermatic device. No further issues.
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WEBJun 18, 2020 · 80. Atlanta, GA. Aug 14, 2020. #2. I have one house with a 200A service with an external whole house surge protection. The other house has two panels for a 400A service. In this one I am using two internal panel surge protection like this one: Square D Homeline 50 kA Plug-On Neutral Whole House Surge Protective Device-HOM250PSPD - The Home Depot.
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WEBFeb 15, 2022 · Ye typical surge protector comes with itty bitty filters on Hot, Neutral, and Ground (all three!), MOVs (Metal Oxide Varistors, and TVS Diodes, another specie of the same thing, but faster reacting) from hot to neutral, hot to ground, and neutral to ground. In general, they do a pretty decent job.
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WEBMar 21, 2021 · That’s why the 100+ kV BIL claims of SPDs are ridiculous. Motors are only required to meet a minimum surge of 1000 V. So using that as a cutoff with a 300 V MOV and figuring 20 V per inch gives us 35 inches away based on (1000 V - 300 V / 20 V/inch. So a “whole house” SPD is really strictly a main panel SPD.