I’ve had good luck just putting sensitive electronics behind a quality battery backup.
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Electrical question. Who knows about EMP/whole house lightning protection? Is it Worthwhile?
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Yup. Running a decent battery backup/surge protector for items like TVs and computers is a lot more cost effective than a whole house system.
That being said, there is absolutely no way that the product shown in the YT video can possibly be a functional whole-house surge protector.
Common sense tells you that it would have to be in-line with the main power feed. Take a look at the wires thus 'product' uses to connect. Then pop the cover off your breaker panel and take a look at the size of the wires used there. You will see there is a slight difference in their gauge to say the least...
That being said, there is absolutely no way that the product shown in the YT video can possibly be a functional whole-house surge protector.
Common sense tells you that it would have to be in-line with the main power feed. Take a look at the wires thus 'product' uses to connect. Then pop the cover off your breaker panel and take a look at the size of the wires used there. You will see there is a slight difference in their gauge to say the least...
There's another method to prevent surges at the fuse box and it employs high saturation ferrites. https://disasterpreparer.com/product/hisat-ferrites/
I have purchased Dr. Bradley's vehicle protection kit as well as his generator protector. A set of whole house ferrites or an electrician-installed surge protector at the fuse box can prevent surges. If however, EMPs are detonated in the atmosphere, our nation for the most part will be like living in the 1800s with outhouses, no running water, and no electricity. You may be able to save the wiring in your home, but the infrastructure from the various utilities would take years to rebuild.
I have purchased Dr. Bradley's vehicle protection kit as well as his generator protector. A set of whole house ferrites or an electrician-installed surge protector at the fuse box can prevent surges. If however, EMPs are detonated in the atmosphere, our nation for the most part will be like living in the 1800s with outhouses, no running water, and no electricity. You may be able to save the wiring in your home, but the infrastructure from the various utilities would take years to rebuild.
I asked what people know about whole house surge protection/EMP. I wasn't trying to bite your head off. Another member suggested https://badwolfusa.com/
Their warranty only covers the cost of their POS.
You said "What should it cover? Your house replacement? No one does."
I just copied the warranty of this unit I'm looking at. I'm just trying to figure out if it is worthwhile. 25K would go a long way toward replacing 3 refrigerators, 2 freezers, 2 big screen TVs, 2 A/C units, and whatnot. I have just replaced a refrigerator due to a lightning strike.
More importantly, $800 for a couple of these ($389.00 for the generator and $399.00 for the circuit breaker panel plus installation) might be worthwhile to protect my home from lightning frying anything plugged in.
I called EMP SHIELD today and asked a couple of questions. One was after a lightning strike, What is the procedure to reset this unit?
Their answer was ”there is no procedure to reset after a lighting strike. The unit will sacrifice itself to protect your house.” Dispose of the old one, notify us and we will send you another for $50.00.
This concerns me because if I have a lightning strike and this unit is smoked. What am I going to do for power waiting for the next one, and if I hook the house up without protection and I get hit again with lightning without protection, I’m doubly f***ked.
That's where the recommendation for a modular one comes from. And if it's a direct hit, it may stop it from jumping phases or circuits but anything on the circuit in the area of the strike is still going to be toast. You still need protection at each device.
I found the Intermatic IG2240-IMSK Surge Protective Device. https://www.intermatic.com/Product/IG2240-IMSK
They have a modular system where individual modules are replaceable by the consumer (like printer cartridges) if there is a lightning strike
Btw they have a 50k warranty for connected devices
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Except for high saturation ferrites that Dr. Bradley sells on his website. Btw, he's an electrical engineer, former Army Ranger, and is currently employed with NASA in Virginia. Lots of knowledge is available on his YouTube channel.
https://disasterpreparer.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/disasterprepper
Good for him; I have trouble trusting anyone hawking their own products with their own "studies". From personal experience and knowledge of many sites (with EMI, RFI and many, many lighting strikes), you need both site and device protection. And the only thing that's going to protect you from an EMP is to build a giant faraday cage around your house and disconnect it from the outside. And I had to LOL at clip on ferrites stopping an EMP. EMI/EMP gets into everything that makes even the poorest conductor, unless there is a better path to ground. Ferrites may help with noise on the wire, but they're not going to stop an EMP.
