Whole-Home Surge Protection in Colorado Springs
Stop voltage spikes before they destroy your appliances, electronics & smart devices.
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A whole-home surge protector installed at your electrical panel stops dangerous voltage spikes before they reach your electronics, protecting everything from your smart thermostat to your refrigerator.
At Bourland Electric, we install whole-home surge protectors for homeowners throughout Colorado Springs, Monument, Fountain, and the greater Pikes Peak region.
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What a Whole-Home Surge Protector Protects
Today’s houses contain far more sensitive electronics than those built even a decade ago. A voltage spike as small as 400–600 volts can permanently damage modern control boards. Yet common power events can produce 500–2,000 excess volts, and nearby lightning can introduce tens of thousands.
A whole-home surge protector helps to stop that excess voltage before it spreads to your home’s wiring. That protection extends to all the electrical devices in your home, from your phone charger, garage door opener, dishwasher and everything in between.
How Whole-Home Surge Protection Works
A whole-home SPD installs at or near your main electrical panel. During a surge event, the protector diverts the excess voltage safely to your grounding system before it can reach the wiring inside the walls.
Rather than protecting individual devices like plug-in surge protectors, a whole-home SPD safeguards your entire electrical system. Including hardwired appliances that can’t use plug-in protection.
Surge Protection Layering
Layer 1: Whole-home SPD at the main electrical panel catches surge events from the grid, lightning strikes to nearby power lines, and utility switching.
Layer 2: Quality point-of-use surge protectors at high-value equipment like computers, entertainment systems & home office equipment catch any residual surge energy.
Whole Home Surge Protector FAQs
Do I still need plug-in surge protectors if I have whole-home protection?
The two work best together. Your whole-home SPD handles the heavy lifting, catching surge events at the panel before they travel through your wiring. Adding quality point-of-use protectors at your most sensitive electronics (computers, entertainment systems, office equipment) provides a secondary layer that further reduces any residual surge energy reaching those devices.
How long does a whole-home surge protector last?
Service life depends primarily on surge exposure rather than calendar time. A home with minimal surge activity may get ten or more years from a device. Quality units include indicator lights showing protection status, green means active protection. Check the indicator monthly and after any significant storm event or power outage. Replace the device whenever the indicator shows protection has been compromised.
Will a whole-home surge protector protect against a direct lightning strike?
A direct strike to your home can deliver millions of volts, more than any surge protector can handle. However, direct strikes to structures are extremely rare. Whole-home SPDs effectively protect against the far more common scenario: indirect lightning surges, where lightning strikes nearby power lines or utility equipment and sends a surge through the electrical grid to your home.
Do circuit breakers provide surge protection?
No, circuit breakers and surge protectors serve completely different purposes. Breakers protect against overcurrent conditions (too many amps flowing through a circuit). Surge protectors address overvoltage (voltage spikes). A surge can damage or destroy your electronics without ever tripping a breaker, because the current levels may remain normal even as voltage spikes to hundreds or thousands of volts above normal.
Can I install a whole-home surge protector myself?
Yes, but this job involves opening your main electrical panel, where utility connections stay energized even with the main breaker off. Beyond working safely around live equipment, you’ll need to verify proper grounding, make correct wiring connections, and meet code requirements. If you are not comfortable working next to energized equipment, hiring a licensed electrician is the right call.
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