Surge Protection · Tampa, FL
Licensed electrical service across Tampa and the greater Bay area.
Surges can result from storms or electrical switching and can affect HVAC controls, appliances and electronics. A failed component does not by itself prove that a surge caused it. For a Tampa project, we assess the installation and discuss protection at the panel and sensitive equipment, including the limits of the proposed devices.
A Tampa summer delivers afternoon storms for weeks at a stretch. Each one can send spikes down the line that are far too small to notice and quite large enough to degrade a control board a little at a time.
A device at the panel takes the large hit and reduces what continues downstream. Point-of-use protection then handles what is left at the equipment that cannot tolerate it. Either one alone leaves a gap.
A surge-protection device must suit the electrical system and be installed according to its instructions. We assess grounding, bonding and the device connections as part of that work. A grounding electrode alone does not make every surge-protection arrangement effective.
What Tampa homeowners ask about surge protection.
Most policies do cover lightning, but that is a question for your insurer rather than for us, and it is worth asking before you need the answer. What we can tell you is that a claim still costs you a deductible, the time without air conditioning in a Florida summer and often a premium increase, none of which a surge device costs. Ask your insurer whether they offer a discount for whole-home protection, because some do.
It covers the least expensive part of the problem. A strip protects only what is plugged into it, which leaves out your air conditioning, oven, water heater, pool equipment and anything else that is hard-wired, and those are the costly items to replace. Strips are also rated for far less energy than a panel device. Keep them, and put protection at the panel behind them.
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