Whole-Home Surge Protection
Whole-Home Surge Protection
Power surges can happen in an instant and potentially damage electronics, appliances, HVAC equipment, and other electrical systems throughout your home. Prime Services provides professional whole-home surge protector installation throughout Royse City, Rockwall, Greenville, Forney, and surrounding North Texas communities.
Installed at your electrical panel, whole-home surge protection provides an added layer of defense against damaging voltage spikes before they reach equipment throughout your home.
Protect More Than Your Electronics
Most homes contain far more sensitive electronics than they did years ago. Surge-sensitive components can now be found in refrigerators, ovens, washers and dryers, HVAC systems, televisions, computers, smart-home equipment, and many other devices.
A whole-home surge protector helps protect your electrical system and connected equipment from sudden voltage spikes.
What Causes a Power Surge?
Lightning is one possible source of a power surge, but it isn't the only one. Voltage fluctuations can also originate from the utility system or occur as electrical equipment cycles on and off.
Some surges are significant and immediately noticeable. Others are smaller and may occur without an obvious sign that anything happened.
Whole-home surge protection is designed to limit excess voltage before it travels farther into your home's electrical system.
Whole-Home Protection vs. Plug-In Surge Protectors
Plug-in surge protectors can provide additional protection for individual electronics, but they only protect the devices connected to them.
A whole-home surge protector is installed at the electrical panel and provides broader protection for the home's electrical system. Plug-in protection can still be useful for sensitive electronics as an additional layer of protection.
Professional Surge Protector Installation
Whole-home surge protection should be properly matched and connected to your electrical system. Prime Services can evaluate your electrical panel and install surge protection designed for residential use.
If we notice a problem with the panel or electrical system during the process, we'll explain what we find before recommending additional work.
Is Whole-Home Surge Protection Worth It?
Consider how many devices and systems in your home now contain electronic controls. Replacing even one major appliance, HVAC component, television, or computer can be expensive.
Whole-home surge protection cannot prevent every possible type of electrical damage, but it provides an additional layer of protection against voltage surges that could otherwise reach equipment throughout your home.
Licensed Electricians Serving North Texas
Prime Services is locally owned and operated with more than 20 years of experience. Our licensed electricians provide residential electrical services throughout Royse City, Rockwall, Heath, Fate, Caddo Mills, Greenville, Forney, and surrounding North Texas communities.
We'll evaluate your electrical system and professionally install the surge protection your home needs.
Texas Electrical License: TECL40122
EV Charger Installation FAQs
Does a whole-home surge protector protect against lightning?
It can help limit surge voltage that reaches your home's electrical system, including some surge events associated with lightning. However, no surge protection device can guarantee protection against every lightning event or electrical condition.
Do I still need power strips with whole-home surge protection?
They can still be useful. Whole-home protection and quality point-of-use surge protection can work together to provide multiple layers of protection for sensitive equipment.
Where is a whole-home surge protector installed?
Whole-home surge protection is typically installed at or in connection with the home's main electrical panel.
How do I know if my home already has surge protection?
An electrician can inspect your electrical panel and determine whether a whole-home surge protection device is currently installed.
Can surge protection help protect my HVAC system?
Whole-home surge protection can provide an additional layer of protection for electrical equipment throughout the home, including HVAC equipment. Additional equipment-specific protection may also be appropriate in some situations.
Protect Your Home From Power Surges. Call Prime.
Add another layer of protection for the electrical systems and equipment you depend on every day. Prime Services can evaluate your electrical panel and professionally install whole-home surge protection.