Licensed & insured
AL #06957
Mon–Sat 8am–5pm
Licensed & insured
AL #06957
Mon–Sat 8am–5pm
The power strip behind your television protects the television. It does nothing for the air handler, the range, the well pump or the thing that actually costs money to replace.
Licensed & Insured
AL #06957
No Deposit Ever
You pay when the job is done.
2-Hour Window
Late? The $95 diagnostic fee is on us.
32 Years Experience
Master Electrician
Most people picture a lightning strike on the house. That happens, and nothing survives a direct hit. But the surges that quietly destroy equipment on the Gulf Coast are smaller and far more frequent: utility switching after a storm, a transformer restoring power to the street, a neighborhood outage coming back online, and the large motors in your own house cycling the air conditioner compressor being the biggest one.
Those events don’t kill a fridge outright. They degrade the electronics inside it over years, which is why appliances now fail in ways they didn’t when they were mechanical.
A surge protective device mounted at the panel, which clamps everything entering the house through the service. That’s the layer that protects hard-wired equipment the HVAC system, the water heater, the range, the well pump, the garage door opener none of which is plugged into anything you could put a power strip on.
Point-of-use protection at sensitive electronics is still worth having as a second layer. The two work together; neither replaces the other.
Installed, it’s $400 — device included. That’s less than one HVAC control board, which is the part that typically goes first.
The worst time to think about this is while the power is coming back on. Restoration surges after a named storm take out a remarkable amount of equipment across Mobile County every season, and that damage frequently falls under a deductible. Installing before the season starts is a fraction of one HVAC control board.
$400
Installed at the panel
Device and installation. About an hour on site, with a short power cut while we work in the panel.
No it’s the layer above them. The panel device handles what comes in from the street and protects hard-wired equipment. Keep good point-of-use protection at the computer and the television.
No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. A direct strike is beyond what any device is rated for. What this handles is the far more common smaller surges that degrade equipment over time.
About an hour, with a brief power cut while we work in the panel. It mounts as a breaker-style device in the existing panel in most cases.
Yes. They absorb energy each time they clamp, and most have an indicator light showing protection status. Worth glancing at once a season if the light is out, it’s done its job and needs replacing.
Breakers that trip, outlets that quit, lights that flicker.
100-amp panels, fuse boxes and recalled brands replaced properly.
Aluminum branch wiring, knob-and-tube and two-prong outlets.
Dedicated circuits, dryer and range outlets, hot tub circuits.
Panel-mounted protection against storm and grid surges.
Sizing, permitting, transfer switch and start-up.
Level 2 chargers on a properly sized dedicated circuit.
Swapped out for $150, fixture supplied by you or by us.
Swapped out for $150, fixture supplied by you or by us.
If it is not on this list, call and we will tell you straight, or point you to someone who does it.
