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Eric,

Tripp-Lite certainly makes good products. I think surge protectors sold at Best Buy are also good. Just make certain the packages say all three wires are protected. That means there's a surge protector to the ground wire from the hot and neutral wires, in addition to one between them.

Also, the MOVs in surge protectors are gradually degraded by absorbing the transient energy. So, their protection gradually becomes less. I've not done this myself, but it probably would be smart to replace them eventually, say every five years or so. Years ago, I read that most residential lines experience at least one transient of 1,000 Volts or more every day. Some are on the power coming into the residence, others are created in the residence from switching motors or other large inductive loads on and off. So, it's not just storms that cause degradation of the transient protection.

Don W