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Posted by on March 27, 2007, 7:19 am
Hi,
GFCI's have some surge protection built in to protect them from surges
in house wiring. Does this same surge protection extend a bit to
protect what is pluged into a GFCI? I guess this may be a dumb
question in that I know that there are surge supression receptacles
out there, but those ones cost about 2.5 times a GFCI receptacle. Can
I get a "cheap" surge supressor in installing a GFCI?
Best, mMike.
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on March 27, 2007, 7:43 am
sacstinkytiger@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> GFCI's have some surge protection built in to protect them from surges
> in house wiring. Does this same surge protection extend a bit to
> protect what is pluged into a GFCI? I guess this may be a dumb
> question in that I know that there are surge supression receptacles
> out there, but those ones cost about 2.5 times a GFCI receptacle. Can
> I get a "cheap" surge supressor in installing a GFCI?
>
> Best, mMike.
No. If you have something that needs surge protection and it is worth
the cost, get really good point protection.
I would suggest that you may want to consider whole house surge
protection as well. It can give good, if not great, protection to every
device in your home. Important sensitive devices should still have their
own point source protection.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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Posted by Tony Hwang on March 28, 2007, 11:19 am
sacstinkytiger@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> GFCI's have some surge protection built in to protect them from surges
> in house wiring. Does this same surge protection extend a bit to
> protect what is pluged into a GFCI? I guess this may be a dumb
> question in that I know that there are surge supression receptacles
> out there, but those ones cost about 2.5 times a GFCI receptacle. Can
> I get a "cheap" surge supressor in installing a GFCI?
>
> Best, mMike.
>
Hi,
Maybe. Surge may trip the breaker.
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Posted by Just Joshin on March 28, 2007, 9:26 pm
On 27 Mar 2007 04:19:40 -0700, sacstinkytiger@yahoo.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>GFCI's have some surge protection built in to protect them from surges
>in house wiring. Does this same surge protection extend a bit to
>protect what is pluged into a GFCI? I guess this may be a dumb
>question in that I know that there are surge supression receptacles
>out there, but those ones cost about 2.5 times a GFCI receptacle. Can
>I get a "cheap" surge supressor in installing a GFCI?
>
>Best, mMike.
imho:
I had a few computers die on me, they were old, but taught me a
lession. I had to tackle my voltage spikes a few ways.
1. Surge surpressor in the panel. Medium cost.
2. Ensuring proper panel grounding. Few bucks.
3. Point of use surge surpressors. low cost.
With all three, I've not had a killed another computer or electronic
applicance. So, what can you get from my experience? Tackle each
problem head on, don't be cheap and try and get a secondary benifit
from another safty device. Good luck.
tom @ www.MeetANewFriend.com
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Posted by HeyBub on March 29, 2007, 8:53 am
> After the last one had me going, I can't wait to see how this one
> transpires..
> Searcher
>
The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.
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