Power surges can happen during storms, utility grid issues, equipment cycling, or electrical problems inside the home. Whole-home surge protection helps defend your appliances, outlets, electronics, HVAC equipment, and electrical panel from sudden voltage spikes. For Fayetteville homeowners, it is a smart way to add another layer of protection against unexpected electrical damage.
Interested in surge protection for your home? With major thunderstorms and other extreme weather comes an increased risk that you’ll have a power surge. Our surge protection services include both point of use and whole home protection, for total protection.
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Did you know that 70% of all power surges start inside your home? That’s why our surge protection services include recommendations for point of use surge protection. Power strips installed between outlets and appliances, or upgraded outlets with built-in surge protection, keep your home safe from internal surges.
While most surges start inside your home, these typically involve low-wattage surges, which don’t do much visible damage. It’s the damage over time that becomes a problem with this type of power surge. Whole home surge protection offers a barrier between your home and power coming from your electricity supplier.
Surges from your electric company can do a lot more damage, more quickly, though they happen less frequently. For total protection for your home, you need both.
There are many signs that you might benefit from surge protection, including:
Frequent brown outs
Circuits that trip regularly
Lots of thunderstorms in the area
Outlets that wear out too quickly
A standard outlet should last for 15 years or more, but if it’s subjected to frequent power surges, it might start having problems in just a few years. You might notice sparks whenever you plug something in or scorch marks surrounding the plug.
Even with modern GFCI and AFCI outlets, it’s a good idea to use additional, point of use, surge protection to minimize the damage to your infrastructure.
What Can a Whole-Home Surge Protector Help Protect?
A whole-home surge protector helps reduce the impact of sudden voltage spikes before they travel through your home’s wiring. This added protection can help safeguard the equipment and devices you rely on every day, including:
Refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, and kitchen appliances
TVs, computers, routers, smart home devices, and chargers
HVAC equipment, including air conditioners and heat pumps
Electrical panels, circuits, outlets, and switches
Home office equipment and entertainment systems
Generator-connected systems and other major electrical equipment
Your Team for Reliable Whole Home Surge Protection
At Childers Air Plumbing & Electric, we believe that your experience with our service is the most important part of doing the job right. That means we are always professional, polite, and put your needs at the top of our list.
Our surge protection services help protect the contents of your home, reducing the need to replace major appliances and giving you more peace of mind. As a BBB-accredited business, you can see the effort we put into customer satisfaction, and our highly rated reviews show our success.
Frequently Asked Questions
No surge protector can stop every possible surge, but a whole-home surge protector can greatly reduce the impact of many common voltage spikes. It adds protection at the panel so surges are less likely to move through the home at full strength.
Surge protection is worth considering if your home has frequent outages, flickering lights, expensive appliances, home office equipment, smart devices, or an HVAC system you want to protect. It can also be helpful if your area experiences storms or utility power fluctuations.
Yes. Not every surge causes immediate failure. Smaller repeated surges can slowly wear down circuit boards, chargers, appliances, and other sensitive electronics, which may shorten their lifespan or cause performance issues over time.
A whole-home surge protector is typically installed at or near the electrical panel. Because it connects to the home’s electrical system, it should be installed by a licensed electrician to make sure it is properly sized, connected, and code-compliant.
When you need surge protection services in Summersville, contact Childers Air Plumbing & Electric. Our team arrives on time and ready to dive into work.
