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Residential Surge Protection

Your home, and the major appliances and electronics in it, represent a significant investment that needs to be safeguarded. Voltage surges are very short periods of high voltage that can can happen in the blink of an eye, destroying appliance motors and sensitive electronic equipment in an instant. Even low level surges can slowly wear down sensitive microprocessors, causing equipment to fail for no apparent reason.

Causes Outside the Home

Bad weather including lightning
Birds and animals, including snakes, that come in contact with power lines
Accidents involving power poles and lines
Neighbors using major power equipment
Normal utility operations that keep power safe and reliable

Causes Inside the Home

Faulty wiring, loose connections and/or poor grounding
Operation of heating and air conditioning systems
Major appliances or other large motors switching on and off

To protect your home you need to create a power quality fence around your business that stops surges at their three points of entry: the electric meter gate, the TV cable or antenna gate and the telephone gate. To protect your home you must lock each gate. The main gate is through the electric service meter. This gate must be locked with a quality lightning arrester. The TV cable or antenna and telephone lines must be locked inside the home with high quality surge suppressors.

Therefore, your first line of defense is an inspection of your electric service grounds and the installation of a Kenick lightning arrester capable of stopping up to 40,000 amps. Tideland sells and installs the Kenick arrester for $290 which includes free ground rod testing. Financing is available with a $90 down payment and 6 monthly payments of $35 each. For more information or to schedule an installation appointment contact us.

Tideland members are also entitled to a discount on purchases of Kenick products designed for use inside the home, including outlet, phone line and cable TV protection. To browse and purchase products online visit SpikeStop and enter the member discount code "tideland" to see your member discounted price.