How much would it cost to hire an electrician to install a whole home surge protector? I know nothing about this and was tasked to find out if there is such thing, how it would work, and what it would cost.

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Posted by shotcaller1

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Posted on 1/30/17 at 7:07 pm to TigerTatorTots

Never heard of such a thing. Would be interested as well

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Posted by DawgCountry

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Posted on 1/30/17 at 7:20 pm to TigerTatorTots

I want to say a couple hundo. Goes in your circuit breaker panel. Got a quote a few years ago

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Posted by Marco Esquandolas

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Posted on 1/30/17 at 7:49 pm to TigerTatorTots

Richard Gray (local New Orlenian) has a company called Richard Gray's Power Company. He makes power conditioners, transformers, and protectors for the high end audio world, but also has things that can be installed at the fuse box as well.

They ain't inexpensive though!

RGPC

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Posted by Marco Esquandolas

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Posted on 1/30/17 at 7:51 pm to Marco Esquandolas

This is the one for whole house...

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Posted by wickowick

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Posted on 1/30/17 at 8:42 pm to TigerTatorTots

Tots, I looked at a home on the north shore for an inventor that has a company that takes the electricity coming into the home and reduces peaks and valleys, he said by doing so it reduces the heat produced by electronics and saves energy. I can't remember the name of the company, perhaps someone will see this and know the name.

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Posted by kengel2

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Posted on 1/30/17 at 9:36 pm to TigerTatorTots

You'll spend more in labor than the device itself and its going to be the weak spot in the system so it will blow before anything else.

Your on the north shore right?

I work for an electrical contractor. Residential isn't really my thing, but I can ask. If you want to email me username@gmail, I can see what's all involved for you.

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Posted by Napoleon

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Posted on 1/31/17 at 12:07 am to TigerTatorTots

I was walking through Lowe's a few months back and they had them in a box marked $7. I should have grabbed more than one. The kind that take up a dual 50 amp and then attach to the bottom or side of your box. I have no idea if it works, but at $7 I could not pass it up.

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Posted by surprisewitness

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Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:15 am to Napoleon

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they had them in a box marked $7

That doesn't seem right to me unless they were trying to get rid of them. They usually run $100+. I have this one in my panel:

Eaton Whole House Surge Protector

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Posted by Napoleon

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Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:59 am to surprisewitness

lol, I did really really good. That is the EXACT same one I have.

$7 dollars, they had like ten in a box, I'm kicking myself for not getting more. They just had them priced so low I thought they had to be garbage.

Eaton whole home surge protector.

Yellow tag $7. Same Lowes I bought a nearly new key start self propelled lawnmower for $39, because it had a (bad motor) turned out to be a $1 keyway on the crank.