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Power Surges Spell Disaster For Home Electronics

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(NewsUSA) - Today's home entertainment systems can easily run into the thousands of dollars and often represent the most expensive purchases consumers make other than their homes and vehicles. Yet wide-screen televisions, home theater speakers, DVD recorders, CD players, high-speed cable and satellite TV subscriptions are no longer the domain of the wealthy few.

Officials with World Energy Solutions, an energy services company based in St. Petersburg, Florida, note that homeowners should protect their investment in home entertainment equipment by installing surge protectors - both inside and outside the house.

Today's devices depend on consistent, good-quality power. A single powerful surge can literally melt, weld, pit or even burn completely through circuit boards and render your components worthless. Most people think of lightning strikes when they think of the potential damage to household equipment from power surges. But other surges can and do occur daily.

The surge can be from voltage fluctuation from the local electric company as it switches lines to handle brownouts or the result of a construction accident that damages utility equipment. Inside the home, other household appliances running on AC current can generate surges. Your equipment can even be vulnerable from the electrical "noise" generated from light dimmers, electrical razors and blenders.

Plug-in surge units are a start, and consumers should look for UL-approved devices that offer a lifetime replacement of the surge units and limit the power of your equipment to a peak of about 330 volts in case of a surge. Cheaper models are often little more than fancy extension cords.

Many consumers stop there, forgetting that their home entertainment system is typically connected to telephone and cable lines as well as electrical outlets. These ancillary lines need their own surge suppressors.

For best protection, consumers should begin outside the house with surge arrestors at the electric meter and inside with surge suppressors at the circuit breaker panel. Such systems should be installed by qualified electrical contractors and as part of a total surge protection package.

World Energy Solutions provides more information on surge protection at www.eclipspts.com or by phone at 800-526-1556. World Energy Solutions is a publicly traded company under the symbol WEGY on the NASDAQ OTCBB.

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