Surge protector

I have a lot of free time on my hands and I try to stay on top of the weather and when there's any hint of thunderstorms in the area I flip the system circuit breaker (used to be three but I am now all on one) off.  I am thinking maybe I'll start turning it off after every session.  I also think I'll pick up a surge protecter for that circuit.

@erik_squires 

Thank you very much for the info.  What would you suggest I use as a surge protector?

@rvpiano  , this is what   @erik_squires  told me up above in this thread:

Because Furman makes so many products it’s important to note whether they have SMP (Series Mode Protection) and LiFT (Linear Filtering). These are the two features to look out for surge protection but there are more expensive models with features like switched outlets, voltage regulation and power factor correction.

The PST-8 is around $200 and has both SMP and LiFT.

@tvad I encourage you to read the Wirecutter reviews, which goes deep into how they tested and why Furman with SMP beat Brickwall. They also mention a number of other makers who have outstanding surge protection to what was common 20 years ago.

The actual surge performance, plus features and relative price makes it really hard for me to recommend Brickwall or ZeroSurge instead.

I won't argue that Brickwall, or Furman have lower clamping voltages than the whole house units however and that having a whole house unit won't protect the most sensitive devices.