St. Paul Electricians Explain Whole Home Surge Protectors
In today’s world, with huge increases in electrical appliance usage within every home, countless planes and jets soaring around above our heads, and an increase in unpredictable weather coming and coming each season, the electricity in the air is staggering. All it takes is 1 average sized electrical storm to discharge near your house, and the possibility of the resulting electrical surge could fry your whole house. As unpredictable as this sounds, our St. Paul Electricians are seeing more and more of these instances in the electrical business. This is why the whole house surge protector is becoming a more popular item to install. Especially in St. Paul, MN where there are so many water sources around.
People always think that it will never happen to them, until one day they come home and all their electronics, and appliances don’t seem to work right. Still many others believe that their 3-pronged plug will ground any surges that happen to come home. 9 out of 10 3-pronged plugs in the home are nothing more than a convenience to allow commercial appliance to be plugged in. Unless the plugs are grounded at the circuit panel, these circuits are really not grounded at all. As people come to realize this, they are thinking more seriously about adding a whole house surge protector to their home. Contact our electricians St. Paul to speak to a representative today.
A whole house surge protector works by pulling the extra electricity from the electrical route as soon as it enters the home, at the electrical panel. It then redirects it into a grounding line so your appliances will be protected from the rush of electricity. The ground wire is very important because it provides a place for the extra electricity to go. Do you ever notice that sometimes, when you touch the metal handle of the refrigerator, or your electrical stove, and you’re not wearing some slippers, you get a little electrical shock? This is the grounding process in its most innocent form. Now imagine that electricity times 10, and you can begin to see what a real electrical surge is like. If you would like to know more about how to protect your home and everything in it from this uncertainty, give us a call at Edison Electric in Minneapolis, a premier St. Paul Electrician company. We are ready to protect you. 612-385-7864
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