Whether you’re experiencing a power spike or power surge, most cases result in significant damage to sensitive electronic devices. For this reason, GenerX highly recommends homeowners have a surge protector installed for their home AND generator. 

Understanding Surges

Have you ever stopped to wonder what exactly a power surge is? As we know, the average home is vulnerable to many electrical threats, including weather, blackouts, and brownouts.

Brownouts occur when one or more appliances draw more power than the electrical company can re-supply.

There are also spikes… Some people may use the terms ‘spike’ and ‘surge’ interchangeably, however, they are not the same thing.

A spike occurs when the voltage increases significantly and unexpectedly, forcing your equipment to contend with dangerous amounts of voltage. The cause of a spike could be from lightning strikes or malfunctions at the utility pole.

When a surge occurs, it’s usually due to a powerful appliance that draws a lot of power from the grid. When that appliance is then switched off, the excess power is distributed through the power lines, which causes a temporary increase in the voltage.

What Do Surge Protectors Do? 

A surge protector has components such as MOVs (Metal Oxide Varistors) that absorb excess voltage, preventing it from destroying your appliances by directing it to the ground wire.

Although a surge protector does this safely, it also has its limits. Surge protectors become weaker with every surge they receive, with some surges being so powerful that they can destroy a brand new surge protector in one go.

For this reason, we recommend that any homeowner with a surge protector  replace it every 2-3 years. Actually, you may want to think about changing your surge protector whenever you know that a surge has affected your home.

Once a surge protector has protected your appliances from a surge, there’s no way of knowing whether or not it will protect you from another one.Since their defensive mechanisms are now significantly weaker, it’s best to purchase a new surge protector that you can guarantee will stand between your equipment and the next surge.

Excellence. Expertise. Expediency. 

At GenerX, Surge Protectors are installed at your generator’s transfer switch before your utility panel which means your generator AND home are protected. You have 3 options of surge protection: 

• GOOD

Small Surge Protection Device (Vortex Series A) for your generator. $150.00 Installed.

• BETTER

HGEN100 at the Automatic Transfer Switch for your entire home.

$399.00 Installed. (Additional Panels $249.00/Each)

• BEST

Includes Generator Surge Protection Device, Home Surge Protection Device, and two additional Vortex Series A’s. (Vortex Series A’s can be used on one or more A/C units or appliances of choice.) $799.00 Installed.

The Manufacturer offers a lifetime warranty for the home and generator surge protector. Should this device fail and cause harm to your appliances, PSP Products will send you a new surge protector and repair or replace any appliances down-line of the device up to $100,000.

From clean, quiet home standby power systems to multi-megawatt generation plants for large data centers, GenerX sells and installs Generac generators that power up Florida consumers and businesses alike.

To learn more about how GenerX can help you prepare for the upcoming hurricane season with an automatic standby generator installation, call us today or visit our website to learn more.

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