On Mar 29, 11:50 am, wrote:
Thank you very much for all your kind suggestions. I think I will get
myself some Point Surge Protectors. I already have a Lightning system
(big copper wires and Franklin Rods), and Surge Arrestors on the Power
panels.

Remember what a citation from Bud shows on page 43 Figure 8:
http://www.mikeholt.com/files/PDF/Li...ion_May051.pdf

Adjacent TV destroyed by 8000 volts because a plug-in protector was
too close AND because earthing was not properly installed.

Nothing in your last post says you had any surge protection.
Protection requires and is defined by earthing that meets and exceed
post 1990 code. Protectors in a breaker box means nothing. One
million dollars of protectors in the breaker box and earthing that is
too far away means no protection. Your post confuses 'surge arrestor'
with protection. It (just like the point of use protector) is not and
does not claim to be protection.

Each protection layer is only defined by one thing - earthing
point. Above discusses secondary protection 'system' - 'whole house'
protector that is 'less than 10 feet' to earth. Also inspect your
primary protection 'system':
http://www.tvtower.com/fpl.html

Why do others not mention your primary protection 'system' - no
profits. Learn from his citation - how plug-in protectors can damage
the adjacent appliance in Figure 8. Also inspect what he will not
discuss - your primary protection 'system'.

BTW, its alarm does not report when the protector has degraded. It
reports when a surge has so excessively exceeded manufacturer specs as
to vaporize - on the verge of fire - what also creates those scary
pictures.

How are they made safer for hospitals? They disconnect from AC
mains much faster - so that appliance is left to fend for itself. By
disconnecting a protector as fast as possible - with the 'first whiff
of a surge' - then scary pictures are avoided. Fortunately the
appliance already has protection. But now a myth about protector
providing protection has been promoted. If alarming, then either you
have a fire or the protector cut out long before protection was
needed. But again, that is what those scary picture are all about -
protectors so grossly undersized as to provide no protection.