Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25243] |
Thu, 21 July 2016 11:01 |
vintagefan
Messages: 166 Registered: March 2014 Location: Dallas
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Do amps need surge protectors and is anybody using surge protectors? Do surges damage amps, particularly Kustoms?
10 months ago a car ran thru our home's front wall and wiped out an electrical outlet and pretty much totalling the house. Since we moved back in after the rebuild, a tv, hot water heater, AC system, garage door opener, and dryer have all gone out. Best guess from techs is the wreck caused an electrical surge. But no definate proof.
However, the Kustoms I had plugged in(but not turned on ) still work great. So they must be tough, or so far I am just lucky,
Surge protectors for amps?
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Re: Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25244 is a reply to message #25243] |
Thu, 21 July 2016 11:55 |
Iowa Boy
Messages: 767 Registered: June 2014
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In case you don't have any of the amps with the external fuse holder, its kind of a pain to have to pull the amp out of the case to change the blown fuse. All my equipment including tv, stereo, computers are ran thru surge protection........and I don't buy the cheap $5 or $10 one's. My PA unit has a stand alone protector right in the cabinet with the amps, equalizer and maxamizer. $50 well spent considering the cost of a service call. The higher the joule rating the better. Just good insurance to have.
I also have taken an extra precaution of wiring a automotive fuse holder into the speaker jacks on all my speaker cabinets. I lost two speakers because of not having this added protection. Hard lesson learned first hand.
[Updated on: Thu, 21 July 2016 11:59] Report message to a moderator
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Re: Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25245 is a reply to message #25243] |
Thu, 21 July 2016 13:54 |
stevem
Messages: 4772 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY
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I would have to take a educated guess that all of your household items that when south when your house was hit was due to your electrical panel taking a hit also, this would have put the 220 volts that comes into your house onto the 120 volt lines in your walls that make up that 220 volt feed, and that 220 voltage level took those things out!
Surge protectors are nice to have , but if a lighting strike hits the power lines outside your house even they will not help and anything that is plugged into a outlet in your house ( sometimes even if it's not on will ) will die !
When leave my home in the summer time and there is any slight chance of a T storm popping upI unplug all of my household items that a can afford to loose but for my refrigerator!
[Updated on: Thu, 21 July 2016 13:58] Report message to a moderator
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Re: Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25258 is a reply to message #25255] |
Fri, 22 July 2016 03:27 |
vintagefan
Messages: 166 Registered: March 2014 Location: Dallas
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Yes we have smoke detecters & Co2....and 100% all new wiring in the house. Our house was built in 1957. So nothing was up to code. So the insurance policy covered putting everything up to code. And I had extra 20amp outlets put in 4 rooms & kitchen, more than what was required.
[Updated on: Fri, 22 July 2016 03:36] Report message to a moderator
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Re: Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25268 is a reply to message #25243] |
Fri, 22 July 2016 21:36 |
chicagobill
Messages: 2006 Registered: April 2003
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I'm gonna guess that it depends upon what the root cause was, equipment failure or external influences. If lightning strikes the line, that's probably considered an act of nature. If the step-down transformer fails and puts a few thousand volts on your outlets, then you can file a claim.
Who knows what you'll get, because unless everything is brand new they will probably want to depreciate everything down to a small percentage of replacement value.
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Re: Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25272 is a reply to message #25268] |
Sat, 23 July 2016 05:18 |
vintagefan
Messages: 166 Registered: March 2014 Location: Dallas
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The electric company checked their outside equipment from the pole to their box on my outside wall. All checks ok. Tuesday a contractor will check the lugs on my new electrical box in the garage. Then when I can find somebody to do it, I'll have every outlet connection in the house checked for loose connections.
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Re: Anybody using surge protectors? [message #25275 is a reply to message #25272] |
Sat, 23 July 2016 13:15 |
Iowa Boy
Messages: 767 Registered: June 2014
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Utility company's will not be held liable for power surges.....but when your insurance company can verify that a storm was in your location on such and such a date, then the insurance company will pay a claim using lighting as the cause. At least that is the case here in Iowa. Local utility company's keep a very accurate record of the weather.
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