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Pete C. Pete C. is offline
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Default Just had a thought about surge suppressors...


Nate Nagel wrote:

Does anyone make a plug in suppressor that has TWO coax connections? I
just realized that I was considering running both cable and an antenna
connection to each TV in my house, but all the surge strips that I have
everything connected to only have connections for one coax (I guess they
assumed that someone would have either cable or an antenna but not both...)


I haven't seen one. You really should be doing your coax surge
suppression at the point of entry for both your feeds. There are in-line
F connector surge suppressers that install quite nicely at the ground
block outside the house.

I had a couple cable modems blown up by nearby lightning strikes shortly
after I moved here. I drove a new ground rod, connected a ground block
to it with a short wire and installed the in-line suppressers at the
ground block. Since this installation I've had plenty more nearby
lightning strikes, but haven't lost any more cable modems or other
equipment. I don't use any additional coax suppressers in the house
either.