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To: grey_whiskers

Where I live, we have several power outages during the winter. I have lost a TV, dishwasher, range and freezer after one of those power outages. The reason is there are IC chips running these devices and they fail if there is a strong power surge. I wonder if there is surge protection circuits in these appliances?


26 posted on 05/13/2017 9:34:38 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: jonrick46

The answer is no, there is not surge protection built in.


30 posted on 05/13/2017 9:37:30 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jonrick46

You can put a surge protector on your breaker box for the whole house.


37 posted on 05/13/2017 9:41:41 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: jonrick46

You can put surge protection outlets over the existing outlet. They usually turn 2 outlets to 6, and they have some surge protection built in that can help prevent excess power coming into the appliances at that point. You can also get a home surge protector that can be wired into your house panel to give protection to every circuit right at the breakers.


62 posted on 05/13/2017 11:30:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: jonrick46

We have installed a whole house surge suppressor and plug all appliances and electronics into surge protectors. Mostly works great for power fluctuations. We did get a really nearby lightning strike several years ago that fried a handful of unprotected items. But it could have been a lot worse.


72 posted on 05/14/2017 3:20:56 AM PDT by TrueFact (The Republicans keep putting the stopper back in the swamp drain.)
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To: jonrick46

I’ve got a whirlpool gold oven about 12 YO. A few years ago it died. Power surge took out the control board. Found a replacement online and ordered it. It came with a surge protection module.


85 posted on 05/14/2017 5:31:40 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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