It is important to ask yourself, “is your HVAC system protected from power surges?” Many home utilities and appliances can be damaged when a power surge occurs. For example, the power surge can cause serious damage to water heaters, air conditioners, furnaces, boilers and other electrical devices in your home. Fortunately, there are easy ways to effectively protect your home utilities and ensure they are able to provide many years of useful service.
It’s important to keep in mind that power surges from both internal and external sources can be damaging to home appliances. Home power surge protection must address both of these potential sources of power surges. Internal power surges are often the result of utilities or appliances that utilize greater amounts of electricity; when these items are turned off or cycle off in their normal course of service, the electrical lines can have a surge of electricity that is diverted to other items plugged into your home’s electrical system.
External sources of a power surge are often the result of work on the electrical lines by the power company, animals damaging the lines or even accidents or storms that bring down the power lines. When these outside factors affect the power line, there can be a surge of electricity coming into your home.
The best way to provide the necessary HVAC maintenance and protection is to follow some simple preventative measures. For example, just like changing the air filter in your HVAC system is important, so is making sure your equipment is protected from power surges. In order to protect your equipment, it is necessary to address both internal and external power surges. So, surge protection where electricity enters your home is crucial. You can choose to either have a device for each major component, such as your furnace or air conditioner or you can choose to have one surge protection device that protects your entire home.
In addition to a surge protection at the entry point to your home, it is also important to have some type of surge protection at the point of use. This can be a device built into your electrical outlet or it can be a power strip with built-in surge protection. To best protect your utilities, have a Home HVAC service technician protect your home or business with the right type of surge protection.