Watts Happening
I call it like I see it.
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For those of us with hybrid inverters and/or any “sensitive electronics” which is seemingly anything and everything these days, this feels like very cheap insurance.
There are many options from many companies, in this case I just grabbed an off the shelf surge protector from Square D that matches my main service panel. Installation was quite literally 30 seconds, same as installing a breaker with a pigtail connected to the neutral bus bar.
In general, this provides surge protection to the entire house, up to 25,000 amps. Is this a perfect solution? Will it provide against any and all surges? Certainly wouldn’t bet my life on it. However I would say it’s vastly better than nothing and at $80 it feels like a no brainer to protect my Sol-Ark 15k.
If you’ve got a similar inverter always connected to the grid, I think it’s wise to offer it some form of protection at such a reasonable price.
There are many options from many companies, in this case I just grabbed an off the shelf surge protector from Square D that matches my main service panel. Installation was quite literally 30 seconds, same as installing a breaker with a pigtail connected to the neutral bus bar.
In general, this provides surge protection to the entire house, up to 25,000 amps. Is this a perfect solution? Will it provide against any and all surges? Certainly wouldn’t bet my life on it. However I would say it’s vastly better than nothing and at $80 it feels like a no brainer to protect my Sol-Ark 15k.
If you’ve got a similar inverter always connected to the grid, I think it’s wise to offer it some form of protection at such a reasonable price.