Do you surge protect your refrigerator?
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Do you surge protect your refrigerator?
I've read alot of mixed opinions in the past, but with the somewhat recent addition of motherboards in fridges, it seems more of necessity now.
If you do, what are you using?
If you do, what are you using?
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Everything seems to use sensitive electronics these days. Here, in the midwest, we have enough storm activity to cause plenty of electrical surges. After losing a number of devices over the years, I finally installed one of these https://tinyurl.com/pyjf92h
I've used them in two different homes over the past 10 years and I haven't had anything fail from surges since I started using them.
I've used them in two different homes over the past 10 years and I haven't had anything fail from surges since I started using them.
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In a rental, you're likely limited to point-of-use devices that protect one or two devices. Good ones use MOVs to limit voltage spikes and inductors to supress RF. Good brands like Tripp-Lite and APC will insure your equipment up to a specified dollar amount.
MOVs deteriorate as they kill voltage spikes and will eventually fail. Good surge devices will come with a monitor LED that will indicate when the device should be replaced.
Buy several of these and use them on any expensive equipment that uses a logic board or sensitive electronics. That now includes many washers and dryers, dishwashers, your furnace and A/C, TV, stereo equipment and computers.
MOVs deteriorate as they kill voltage spikes and will eventually fail. Good surge devices will come with a monitor LED that will indicate when the device should be replaced.
Buy several of these and use them on any expensive equipment that uses a logic board or sensitive electronics. That now includes many washers and dryers, dishwashers, your furnace and A/C, TV, stereo equipment and computers.
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Pull the fridge forward on it's wheels and take off the tiny little cardboard cover on the back. It's generally hiding the main circuit board and mine had a nifty little fuse. I wouldn't think it'd need one beyond that and the one protecting that circuit in the main breaker panel.
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Pull the fridge forward on it's wheels and take off the tiny little cardboard cover on the back. It's generally hiding the main circuit board and mine had a nifty little fuse. I wouldn't think it'd need one beyond that and the one protecting that circuit in the main breaker panel.
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