It depends on the model and firmware level. Most and the clones work well if you are specific to each application AND you are prepared to go through one or two bad ones to get what you want. Amazon is your friend....
I was looking at replacing my existing whole home surge protector which is blown out with another one. If I recall correctly, my current one is hooked into the buses and to each leg of my main breaker. All of the new ones seem to want to use a dedicated circuit breaker instead.
I have 2 on my house. 1 on the main breaker panel outside and the other one on the disconnect box for the heat pump. The main panel one hangs out the bottom with two indicator lights showing connection. The wiring, 1 black to a separate breaker, 1 white to a separate breaker, 1 green to the ground/neutral lug. 20 amp dual breaker. Theory?? being if it takes a hit and shorts out, it will pop that breaker rather than trying to short the whole breaker panel. The disconnect breaker for the AC is not wired to a breaker at the disconnect, but uses the breakers in the garage panel. I noticed one light out on the main surge protector couple of weeks ago, one leg must have taken a hit and tripped the breaker, reset and both lights on. The main breaker one has been installed now for 13 years, maybe a NEC code issue. ? My main breaker panel (outside) also has slots for additional breakers, I guess some older ones have only one main breaker.
I have 2 on my house. 1 on the main breaker panel outside and the other one on the disconnect box for the heat pump. The main panel one hangs out the bottom with two indicator lights showing connection. The wiring, 1 black to a separate breaker, 1 white to a separate breaker, 1 green to the ground/neutral lug. 20 amp dual breaker. Theory?? being if it takes a hit and shorts out, it will pop that breaker rather than trying to short the whole breaker panel. The disconnect breaker for the AC is not wired to a breaker at the disconnect, but uses the breakers in the garage panel. I noticed one light out on the main surge protector couple of weeks ago, one leg must have taken a hit and tripped the breaker, reset and both lights on. The main breaker one has been installed now for 13 years, maybe a NEC code issue. ? My main breaker panel (outside) also has slots for additional breakers, I guess some older ones have only one main breaker.
See I thought a different thing. Those whole home surge protectors are made to die. They are made to sacrifice themselves over your home electronic equipment. You want them to be the easiest path to ground (which is ultimately what lightning is looking for). I am just afraid that behind a regular breaker, it will blow the breaker (as you said), but the lightning still needs a place to go so it would find the next easiest path (since an open is definitely not it any more)....
I have a feeling that they say to put it behind a individual breaker so that you aren't screwing with the main breaker, but to work on the main breaker safely all you have to do is pull the meter out of the wall. Problem solved.
I agree.. but then again I have the cheapest surge protectors on my 3 computers... nothing on tv/equipment... and for 15 years... never had I had a surge take anything out. Only thing that may have been related is a power supply gone bad, but I doubt it.
I am using a sycom syc 120/240-T2. These are "surge" protectors, if a direct lightning hit occurs, it may blow the entire main circuit breaker panel off of the wall. No surge protector can protect against that. You need copper spears on your roof, heavy copper wire to good grounds etc. But back to the Surge protector. There are many UTUBE video's show installation of the sycom product. The installation manual says " The arrestor clamps the surge faster than the breaker can trip, even if the breaker trips it has done its job. Reset if necessary" The installation instructions show using dual 20 amp breakers. The wire coloring has changed, 2 black's one white. The one on my main panel was done by a professional electrician. the AC one.....well.....maybe DIY. I believe SYcom is in clearwater. (800) 622-9904
I posted this video on my Facebook the other day. I saw it on a news show that I watch about a week or so ago. I have never been a huge fan of Ashton, but after seeing this video, I found it hard not to like him. WOW - It would be nice if more Hollywood types used their star power to promote this kind of message to our youth which goes across all political lines, instead of the far left stuff they are normally preaching.
I gained a lot of respect for that young man after that video....it was funny because as I listened to him I'm thinking holy cow that's me....every bit me..and to hear a young person finally giving that msg to the lost generations of today gives me hope we can wake people up....his msg was spot on and from a Hollywood insider no less...wow....he probably has a bunch of haters in Htown now but then again truth is something most of those folks are seriously disconnected from anyway. -- ~All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer ~
Gary, thanks for the lead ... I just found my new surveillance software ... BlueIris has done a nice job!
Yes I am extremely happy with it....took a bit to get setup at it set me back $49 but worth it compared to the other stuff I've been playing with. iSpy is just unreliable and slow and when I say slow I mean horribly slow especially when you add more than a couple of cameras. -- ~All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer ~
Heck, I even sprung for the android interface LOL. A quick way to check at home. The web browser works fine on android chrome also! Must faster than previous stuff. I don't mind $upporting the developers when they do good.
I tend to agree....I have tried pretty much all of them out there now...not sure why I waited to use the demo version of this one other than my goal was not to have to buy software instead opting for public domain stuff....but the operational differences are so substantial this one was worthy of cutting the check.
Some questions or what I'm after advice. I basically want 2 cameras. One looking down from above front door, and 1 that looks in on my computer room (where most of my valuables are.. screw her jewelry). I would like them to be wireless (g or n). I'm assuming that the software is what tracks movement and when to record? Do they have night time vision?
Do they have cameras that go straight to the internet and controlled from the cloud? So if my computer crashes I don't lose surveillance? Yes.. I need to google don't I.
Oh.. all this for $19.99 and double the product if I order within the next 5 minutes.
You can have the images and video go anywhere you want. If you have cloud storage it would FTP up to it etc....in my case the storage is local on NAS system located in a place nobody will find.
LOL I see all sorts of critters on my cams. I only use the expensive OUTDOOR/WEATHERPROOF cameras in areas where weather is an issue...otherwise on my porch and stuff I use the very same used indoors just out of weather grasp. Make sure whichever you go with have cut filters.
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