In Florida and throughout the country, lightning forms a familiar backdrop.  Many people take lightning and electrical surges for granted, simply installing surge protectors and forgetting about the impact that lightning and power surges can have on a home or business. Yet a single lightning strike can cause significant financial loss.  The first step in gaining comprehensive surge protection is to understand the myths and realities of surge protection. 
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by David Mulvaney, President V-Blox
The answer might surprise you. How many of you when asked by your parents, where you were going, told them you were going to the library to study? What you failed to tell them was that your sweetheart was also at the library and studying wasn’t the only thing on your mind. Many times in life we don’t get the whole story.

For all intents and purposes surge suppression does not save any measurable amount of energy, in and of itself. This is confirmed by asking any Electrical Engineer. But that is not the whole story. The real question should be “Do surges (transients) cause equipment to malfunction?” The answer is, of course, yes. According to Webster’s dictionary, “malfunction” simply means: to fail to function as designed. 

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