Power surges happen far more often than most homeowners realize. Most of the time, they’re not of a magnitude that they’ll immediately destroy electronics. However, their cumulative effects can wreak havoc on your home. Top Flight Electric specializes in surge protection in Lakeland, FL. Our expert electricians can recommend and install a whole home surge protector to protect your home. It’s a cost-effective solution to what can be a costly long-term problem.
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Here in the Lakeland area, lightning strikes are common. They’re so common that a hockey team named after them plays nearby! Unfortunately, lightning and our electrical grid don’t play well together. A utility pole or equipment strike by lightning can send thousands of amps of power surging into your home. That’s enough to fry appliances and any device unlucky enough to absorb that voltage. And the countless surge protection strips all around your house won’t help. They cannot absorb that much voltage and will be just another casualty of a large power surge.
A whole home surge protector is the only way to protect your home from major power surges. It’s a device installed in your main electrical panel, acting as a gatekeeper for incoming electrical voltage. Depending on the model you choose, it can protect your home from surges up to 40,000 amps. In nanoseconds, such devices detect voltages above acceptable levels and spring into action. To protect your home, a whole home surge protector routes excess voltage to the ground, where it won’t harm anything. Our Lakeland electricians can evaluate your home’s protection needs and let you know the best course of action. If your home’s grounding needs upgrading to make your new surge protector effective, we can handle that, too.
Lightning is only one source of harmful power surges entering your home:
Restoration of power after outage
Short circuits
Grid equipment failures
Nearby inductive loads
You should also know that many home insurance providers offer discounts for whole home surge protection. Plus, most homeowner insurance policies only cover damage resulting from lightning-related surges. So, if your home suffers damage in another type of power surge event, you may get stuck paying for its costs.
Whole Home Surge Protector Installation
If you want a whole home surge protector for your Lakeland home, Top Flight Electric can help. Our team of highly-trained electricians treat every customer like a VIP. We sell and install surge protectors from today’s leading manufacturers. We also offer honest, upfront pricing, so you never need to worry about costly surprises from us. Plus, we’re Better Business Bureau accredited with an A+ rating. And we have thousands of positive reviews from local homeowners to back that up.