Surge Protection Littleton, CO

Whole-Home Surge Protection For Maximum Peace of Mind

Many Littleton households use point-of-use surge protectors (aka “power strips”) to protect expensive investments like televisions, computers, and other entertainment systems. While these power strips provide some protection from small surges, they don’t protect from higher, more dangerous surges – or protect your home’s entire electrical system.

On the other hand, a whole-home surge protector is installed right at your electrical panel and provides whole-house protection from even high-level surges. This protection offers a path for electrical current to get to the ground without obstacles and entering your home’s electrical circuitry. It monitors power coming into the home from the utility company and electrical influxes and diverts excess voltage to protect your home and electrical system. Surge protectors installed inside the electrical panel or meter can provide as much as 40,000 amps of protection.

Here are some other benefits of installing a whole-house surge protector:

• Avoid expensive damage
• Protect major appliances
• Reduced fire risk
• Lightning strike protection
• Lower electrical bills

Many people find it surprising that controlling electrical surges can lower their utility bills. However, when your home’s electrical system draws more electricity than necessary, you pay for it eventually. If you’ve noticed your electrical bills skyrocketing for no reason, your electrical system might be experiencing undetected surges.

Why Are Power Strips Not as Good as a Whole-Home Surge Protector?

Power strips are UL-rated devices and offer adequate protection but cannot withstand an electrical surge from a 200,000-volt lightning strike. If your home is hit by lightning or within close range of a cloud-to-ground strike, you can expect major electrical systems in your home to fail. Fortunately, you can avoid this expensive electrical disaster by installing a whole-home surge protector.

How Do Whole-Home Surge Protectors Save Money?

Think of all the expensive devices and equipment you have connected to your outlets. TVs, computers, and more. There are even more expensive appliances that connect directly to your electrical panel that can’t be connected to a simple power strip like your HVAC system or washer and dryer. When a high surge event occurs, these are all at risk of being damaged. There is also the risk of an electrical fire. These events can result in thousands of dollars of damage and unrecoverable data. With a whole-home surge protector, you can prevent this all together!