On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 11:33:13 PM UTC-4, Don Y wrote:
On 5/18/2016 7:56 PM, Steve Stone wrote:
A friend with a new state of the art super high tech electronic dash computer
controlled washer claims it is best to power the beast thru a surge suppressor.

Was wondering if the learned members of this group thought this was a good idea
or a not so good idea.

That depends on what you think you'll be protecting against,
whether your utilities are overhead or below grade, where the
nearest step-down Xformer is for your little feed (usually,
~4 homes in a cluster).

It also depends on the quality of surge protector you install.

Many are just "surge protectors" in name, only.

And why did you start a whole new thread?