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BleuKitty :verified: 😺 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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We donated ours and it was still working fine.

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Icare4America | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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They do probably use a little more energy, but we are talking pennies...  and they literally last forever, unlike all this new crap...
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BleuKitty :verified: 😺 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I fought to keep it for years, I finally caved. We had it for 20 years and when I purchased it I saved $2500.00! It was 5k.

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The Felon Pope :popephil: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bbe973e1 @6a018a2a the repair ours needed was a result of a lightening strike.  It fried the power supply and took out the hdmi board.  This in spite of house wide surge protection
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BleuKitty :verified: 😺 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I get that, the last strike came through the Ethernet and fried a lot of electronics, so we added more surge protector's to the products that use Ethernet. No issue since, seems ridiculous to have to add those when you have whole house -- yet you should.

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The Felon Pope :popephil: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bbe973e1 @6a018a2a we have secondary surge protection on our TV and sound system now.  But not anything else, including the cheap and replaceable TV and sound bar in the bedroom.
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Icare4America | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Surge protection is only as good as the household wiring and overall  Grounding...  otherwise , most of the time the stuff is useless unless you have really good expensive surge protectors...
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The Felon Pope :popephil: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @6a018a2a @bbe973e1 our house had all brand new wiring throughout and it was well grounded.  Nonetheless the strike overwhelmed the ground and traveled 150 feet past the house and 380 feet down to the well pump.  It Ultimately depends on how many joules you get blasted with.
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BleuKitty :verified: 😺 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Agreed! The dh wired our house and having the surge come in over the Ethernet was a surprise. We had our PC's on the correct surge protector, just had to add more! We have a home protector and the cable had one outside of the house...🤷‍♀️

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Icare4America | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Cable, Fiber, Twisted pair copper all needs their own Surge protectors.   I Remember the old (still used everywhere Copper lines) always had Carbon Bullet surge protectors outside the house usually, sometimes inside,.  Lightening has nothign it does not like...
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The Felon Pope :popephil: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bbe973e1 @6a018a2a it also fried our well pump, and half out ceiling fans.  It was quite pleasant.
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BleuKitty :verified: 😺 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I am so sorry Phil, that sucks!
A tall pine was hit and this past spring it had to go, a sad day.

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TimToolMan (TimToolManOG - TS) | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I have had good luck with this. 

Eaton CHSPT2SURGE SPD Type 2 Chsp Whole Home Surge Protector, Nema 4, Single Phase, 120/240 Volts, Ul 1449 3Rd Edition https://a.co/d/361dleQ
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The Felon Pope :popephil: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @602e6fbe @bbe973e1 @6a018a2a this is what we had.  It saved us once but it seems that nothing can stop a direct strike to the power line leading into your house.  Everything had to be replaced from the pole on.