WHY INSTALL SURGE PROTECTION?
Whole Panel Surge Protection and your home
With more and more sensitive electronic equipment throughout your home, it’s wise to install a whole panel surge protector in your home’s electrical panel box. In fact, the 2020 National Electrical Code (The Bible for all electricians) states:
“The NEC recognizes in Article 90.1(A) that the purpose of the Code is the practical safeguarding of persons and property from hazards arising from the use of electricity. Updates to surge are twofold. First, Article 242, titled “Overvoltage Protection,” does not add new requirements but rather consolidates surge requirements from around the NEC to bring attention to performance issues that align with circuit applications. Secondly, Article 230.67 now mandates services supplying dwelling units shall be provided with a surge protective device (SPD) as an integral part of equipment or located immediately adjacent, either Type 1 or Type 2 SPD.”
Find the full article regarding new code changes around surge protection below:
Lumen Brothers Electric offers whole home surge protection by installing a surge protector directly to your electrical panel box. This will “absorb” random and unpredictable electrical surges caused by the Electrical Power Company during power grid switching. Surges are also common during lightning storms or when home appliances that draw a large electrical load turn on and off.
Contact us today to discuss installing an electrical surge protector in your home.