What is Surge Protection and how does it protect my home.

Whole Home Surge Protection: Guarding What Matters Most

Power surges can strike in an instant, damaging appliances, electronics, and even your home’s wiring. Whole home surge protection acts as a first line of defense, blocking harmful voltage spikes before they reach your valuable equipment. Installed at your main panel, it provides 24/7 protection from utility surges, and everyday power fluctuations. It’s a smart investment in safety, reliability, and long-term peace of mind.

Ground Rods: Essential for Electrical Safety

Ground rods play a critical role in your home’s electrical system by safely directing excess electricity, like lightning strikes or power surges, into the earth. This helps protect your electrical panel, appliances, and devices from damage while reducing the risk of electrical shock. Proper grounding is not just important, it’s required by code for a safe and stable electrical system.

Intersystem Grounding Termination: A Safe Connection for All Systems

An intersystem grounding unit provides a dedicated, code-compliant point to bond low-voltage systems like cable TV, internet, phone lines, and security systems to your home’s grounding system. This helps prevent electrical surges from damaging sensitive electronics and ensures all systems share a common, safe grounding path. It’s a small but essential detail that plays a big role in whole-home electrical safety.

Cold Water Grounding: A Trusted Path to Safety

Cold water grounding uses your home’s metal water pipe system as a grounding electrode to help safely disperse stray electrical current. When properly bonded and in accordance with code, it provides an additional layer of protection for your electrical system, helping prevent shock hazards and equipment damage. It’s a time tested grounding method that reinforces your home’s overall electrical safety.

Earth Grounding: The Foundation of Electrical Safety

Earth grounding creates a direct connection between your electrical system and the ground, providing a safe path for excess electricity to travel in the event of a surge, fault, or lightning strike. This vital safety feature helps protect people, property, and equipment by reducing the risk of shock and fire. A properly grounded system is essential for meeting code, ensuring reliability, and keeping your home or business safe.

Trusted Protection Backed by Trusted Experts

When it comes to protecting your home from damaging power surges, we rely on Eaton Whole Home Surge Protection, because protecting what matters shouldn’t be a gamble. Recommended by renowned contractor and home safety advocate Mike Holmes, Eaton products are built to the highest standards for reliability and performance. When trusted professionals endorse trusted products, you know you’re making the right choice for your home and family.