This article in PE magazine caught my eye:
https://professional-electrician.com/technical/surge-protection-requirements-domestic-dwellings/
Written (or should I contributed by Europa Components)
and the "recommendation" reads as follows:
"Recommendations
Considering the price and availability of surge protection devices it seems valid to recommend their installation in domestic dwellings, regardless of risk assessment. It is better to have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it. If declined, a recommendation can be noted on the schedule of test results or the periodic inspection report."
But this statement in the previous paragraph it says "except for single dwelling units where the total value of the installation and equipment therein doesn’t justify such protection."
Confusing or misleading or what!
https://professional-electrician.com/technical/surge-protection-requirements-domestic-dwellings/
Written (or should I contributed by Europa Components)
and the "recommendation" reads as follows:
"Recommendations
Considering the price and availability of surge protection devices it seems valid to recommend their installation in domestic dwellings, regardless of risk assessment. It is better to have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it. If declined, a recommendation can be noted on the schedule of test results or the periodic inspection report."
But this statement in the previous paragraph it says "except for single dwelling units where the total value of the installation and equipment therein doesn’t justify such protection."
Confusing or misleading or what!