SHORTS - 4 Types of Surge Protectors (In 3 Minutes!)

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Surge Protection. Why, where, and wut?

NEC 2020 code requirement changes
The National Electric Code (NEC) sets the standard for electricians and electrical work across the US, with the arrival of it’s 2020 edition adding some substantial changes to the codes on surge protection. The most notable of these changes can be found in “Services” article 230.67, which states that any new or replaced service supplying a dwelling unit must be provided with a Type 1 or Type 2 Surge Protection Device. Residential Services will no longer pass inspection in most jurisdictions without a surge protection device either inside the service panel or immediately adjacent to... Which is kind of a big deal. In addition, NEC has moved the entire article of Surge Protection Devices from 285 in the 2017 edition over to 242, renaming the article Overvoltage Protection in order to incorporate surge arrestors over 1000 volts. Lastly adding a helpful table (Table 242.3) listing other sections of the NEC that mention surge protections for specific uses, such as fire pumps and data centers.

What is a surge?
A power surge or “transient over-voltage" is a spike in voltage to an electrical system that can reach thousands of volts so instantaneously that it has to be measured in fractions of a second. There are multiple types of surges, the most common is caused by large loads with-in the electrical system (e.g., Air Conditioning units, elevators and motors). These surges created by appliances and motor loads are typically oscillatory, or one event that remains just long enough to cause a “rippling effect” in the system and will shorten the life of sensitive electronics. The larger less frequent surges are caused by changes to the grid by the power company and lightning strikes to the grid itself. These surges are typically much larger impulse transients, meaning one spike that dissipates immediately, and can be detrimental to a building's electrical system...

[bloodymary]

Yeah its Electrician U y'all, let's give that man a big hand 👏

[Echor]

Well, so much for my surge protector not being what I thought it was. Thanks for the useful info, now I'm going to buy an actual surge protector.

[steve-o]

My Man Dustin spreading the Love lol...

[GSR]

How about a video on lightening arrestors? Primarily those that can be mounted in a 200-amp residential breaker box. I have all sorts of surge suppression in my house. Now want to add a lightening arrestor. Ken

[codysutterfield]

Keep up the videos man! I love learning what you are teaching

[jacobplank]

Another great video! Always to the point! Thanks for sharing your wisdom once again!

[rupe]

The most common surge protector I see in the field (residential) is installed next to the main breaker panel and tied into a 2 pole breaker. Basically it's a common upgrade when other work is done at the house, like an addition, sub panel, or generator installation. Whet I have to do is remind the customers to check it on a regular basis, especially after a power failure or storm. Look for the 2 lights and if both are not lit then it's no longer protecting.

[snakes]

The amount of respect I got for ya, thanks for the great vids 🙏🏽

[MarcoPolo-jgem]

This is the info that I needed . thank you

[TheElectricalExpert]

@Electrician U I encourage my Customers extra layers of Protection depending on there needs, 1 SPD device to the main line and then all electronics and appliances to a surge protection power strip and then Customers should keep replace there Surge protection power strips at least every 3 to 4 years. I have explained on one of my youtube vidceos how Surge protection power stips are only good for so long and after 3 to 4 years even if the Green LED light is lit it still should get replaced. The other thing some of my Customers have a hard time understanding is that Surge protectors to not lightning protected.

[pane]

Can you make a video on SOOW cable oh and a video on different gauge wires to amps

[elck]

Dustin, when are we gonna get your tool belts, man?

[ourminihomestead]

Hello, Thank you for great information. I have a question. I am adding a 60 amp sub panel to my small metal shop. The shop is set on dirt. do I need to add a grounding rod? Thanks.

[ecospider]

Only buy power strip surge protectors if they offer an attached equipment warranty. Because when a surge protector can’t protect anymore you want it to stop passing electricity so you know to replace it.

If it doesn’t have attached equipment warranty then when it quits protecting it just passes the next surge straight through. I have replaced plenty of computers destroyed by a surge that got through a crappy surge protector.

The amount of attached equipment warranty really doesn’t matter. $1000 or $1, 000, 000 both will disconnect the power when they can’t protect anymore.

[quintenclark]

Do a video about Tesla Coils! I know they aren't really practical for much of anything these days, but goddamn are they cool!!

[t.r.]

So i had a 240 volt surge go through my house because the electrical apprentice forgot to screw down the neutral wires on two breakers and the main screw to the neutral buss Barr. It fried a lot of shit. It fried all my pioneer elite TVs and audio receivers we had fire in the monster boxes. Trying to troubleshoot all this is a freaking nightmare!!!! The thing is it fried all the power surge suppressor strips and backups too. What’s the best way to figure out all the hidden damage. I’m worried my refrigerators will not last and its really weird not everything fried . Someone said that the house became a giant capacitor and then it blew.

[bill.angelus]

So a whole house surge protector is a Type 1 and installed between meter and panel?

[light]

Soon getting into being an electrician how do you become a master electrician

[auletjohnast]

OK. SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET YOUR ELECTRICAL LICENSE?

[henrygonzales]

The music detracts from the presentation.