[geeks] Lightning question

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 01:14:02PM -0600, Dan Duncan wrote:
> Some friends of mine live in a lightning-prone part of this already
> lightning-prone state (CO) and they have a whole house surge protector.
> It's a shim that sits between the electric meter and the box it docks into.

In the U.S. we had one installed that went clipped into the panel like
a 240 volt circuit breaker. It had LEDs to show you it was still working.
(It probably was just MOVs). It died later and we tried to get it replaced
under warranty. The manufacturer refused saying that it failed because it
did its job. 

We replaced it and that was soon before I had the antenna installed.

Geoff.
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