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Power Surge Protection In Norton Shores MI

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Protect your home wiring, electronics, led lighting, and more with a surge protector that installs into your main electrical system. Norton Shores MI and surrounding areas are commonly affected by power surges that go undocumented.

Surge Protection For Whole House Norton Shores MI

 

Power surge??? What is that?
Your home runs on a very specific amount of electricity. A power surge is when the power in your home is above safe levels.

What can a power surge do to my house?
When your home has a power surge happen to it, the result can be dangerous. Electronic devices are easily damaged by having to much electricity pumped into them and can make them fire hazards. A burnt plastic smell that you cannot seem to find but magically seems to dissipate can be a clue that your house electricity spiked high for a short time. Power surges can happen any time... even if you are not using any power at all.

What can be damaged by a power surge to my home?
Considering everything is connected, devices that are plugged into your home electrical system are all subject to excess electrical surges. Here is a short list of just some of the items in a home that will either get burnt out or have a shorter life span from a power surge...

 

  • computers
  • tablets
  • televisions
  • game consoles
  • internet modems
  • routers
  • smoke detectors
  • wiring in the walls
  • stereo systems
  • intercoms
  • furnaces
  • air conditioners
  • water heaters
  • cell phone chargers
  • cell phones
  • led light bulbs
  • car chargers
  • electric cars
  • freezers
  • fridges
  • microwaves
  • dishwashers
  • dimmers
  • ceiling fans
  • fan controls
  • AND ANYTHING THAT IS CONNECTED TO HOME POWER...

 


What causes power to surge into my home?
Lightening strikes, power company connection, and equipment inside your home. Lightening strike is the most obvious reason and also the most damaging. Power company connection is from equipment malfunctioning and sending too much power to you. Power company connection also can be from a tree limb falling on the power lines, connecting lines in a configuration that was never intended to happen. The power line connection to your home is connected for hundreds of miles so the liability of having a power surge is very high. Equipment in your home can cause power fluctuations. We have all experienced this one... something comes on in your house and your lights dim and or get brighter.

Does my home have protection to help regulate the amount of power it has?
Our default answer is NO! Homes do not have a power regulator built into them. You have to provide your own protection from surges. We all have the surge protector strips but often for just the convenience of the extra outlets. The few items plugged into the surge protector strips have some safety from power surges.

OK OK... What CAN I DO to protect my home?
Amp Electric West MI can install a
WHOLE HOUSE SURGE PROTECTOR . The whole house surge protector is integrated into your main electrical panel. The reason the main electrical panel is the best place to integrate power surge protection is it is the central distribution point of all the power going throughout your house. Install a professional surge protector into the main electrical panel and inherently you're protecting 100% of your house electrical. The whole house protector gets its name for exactly what it does... protects everything in your house from one central location from harmful power surges. The whole house protector protects even the wiring in your walls!

What is the cost of this high level of protection for my house?
The installation of whole house surge protection is less than a high end surge strip... generally only $350 (and that's including installation!) We highly recommend having the whole house version and still using your surge strips for double the protection at the important locations throughout your home.

Amp Electric West MI installs whole house surge protection in Norton Shores and surrounding areas....
Service Areas... Norton Shores, Muskegon, North Muskegon, Spring Lake, Grand Haven, Walker, Allendale, Hudsonville, Jenison, and surrounding areas...

 


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