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Re: Whole House Surge Protector?

said by no_one :

It needs a very good earth ground to work properly.
How does one measure how good the earth ground is?
As Wayne said, it shorts across the hot e.g 230VAC or to ground. The ground is provided courtesy of your power company.
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