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   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   Mark F    
   news:sfuo9cdb3cjd6lo39rahake3a24b5o6o40@4ax.com Thu, 09 Feb 2017   
   14:23:17 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
      
   > I'd say all appliances should be replaced by the power company if   
   > any in the house failed, or at least anything that fails in the   
   > next 5 years should be replaced when it fails.   
      
   I've had very little success getting power companies to replace   
   anything in a home due to an electrical malfunction that was their   
   fault. As far as they seem to be concerned, your appliances and   
   protection for them is your responsibility. Even if their transformer   
   sends way too much juice to your house, that's somehow, not their   
   fault.   
      
   I can understand their position on it, but, I also see it from the   
   owner of now dead electronics/electrical devices in their home.   
      
   > Also: A UPS is more likely to get fried itself in the cases like   
   > in the above report.  House MOV seems like the only hope to   
   > protect from these events.   
      
   They do a reasonably decent job too. However, they cannot do a damn   
   thing if the incoming voltage has enough amps to jump across the now   
   open lines inside the meter box. If the current is high enough, a   
   couple of inches of space isn't going to make a difference, it'll   
   jump (it's not a stable connection, but it's a connection) across and   
   complete the previously opened circuits. It won't be able to maintain   
   it for very long, assuming other safety circuits are kicking in   
   around this time and shutting it down, OR, it finally burns enough   
   off during the arc jump that it can't hold anymore. Until one or both   
   happens though, your house is being energized, and likely way more   
   than anything plugged in inside the house is going to be happy with.   
      
      
      
      
      
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