In article , "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"GregS" wrote in message

One thing I like about local surge suppressors, they help
protect equipment from other equipment.

Whole-house protectors have similar or even greater
benefits.

If power fails, the
feedback from large transformers into the next outlet is
possible.

Whole-house protectors protect the whole houseful of
equipment, whether it has local surge supression or not.

Having it close by is helpfull.

Not having it is not helpful at all, and not having it is
quite clearly a widespread situation if you rely on local
surge supressors.

I think the whole house units should be there, in place, by the electric company
for free. There are really very good. I was pointing out, that a spike from
equipment on the same strip goes to the next piece of equipment long before it
gets a chance to get back to the breaker box. A standard Tripplite
surpressor has all the basic things that should be there. The big
RF coils also slow down the spikes so the MOV's work better. There is outlet
to oulet decoupling, so it does things that a central surge protector doesn't.
I liked the old metal boxes, but I don't know if they still sell them.
Unfortunately with all these supressors, ground noise will increase!

greg