Ever since we had a big storm here a few months ago in Atlanta, our power has been acting weird. Sometimes it goes out, but mostly it just fluctuates. The last few weeks it has been surging, which makes all the LED lights in the house freak out and messes with the electronics. I put surge protectors (the power strip ones) on the important electronics, but now I'm worried about the stuff that is hard-wired and appliances. Georgia Power came out yesterday, inspected the wires, shrugged their shoulders and left.
From my research there are whole-house surge protectors available. Some are fitted at the meter like this:
Others install next to the breaker box like this:
And there are even ones that fit into the breaker area:
Prices all seem to be under $500 installed, so that isn't too bad. Anyone have experience with these little boxes?
We had the entire house rewired during the 2018 remodel. I wish I had known about these things back then, I'd have just stroked a check to have one installed during construction. Oh well.
