Hi,

May I know anyone using any lightning protection in the house?
Is it good to have or nice to have?

Please advise.

Thank you.

interested on this... how much is the cost with installation for double story house with astro & streamyx? I have those belkin & cal-lab but if it can stop from surge at earlier stage much better and cost to buy belkin & cal-lab is not cheap as well if you need to buy more than one or two

Still, it need to do conversion, right?

Hi all,

I just moving in my new house in Nilai. Regret that, the ELCB always trip during the thunderstorm/lightning. Almost everyday after coming back from work, ELCB trip. MCB did not trip.

The electrician who installed the fan/lamp said the house is using 40A ELCB. He advice to change for a higher rating i.e 60Amp.

I suspect that the grounding is not good enough.

Any advice/idea on how to overcome this problem. Im afraid it will effect others electrical appliances.

Thanks guys.

I don't see any developer in here that have install surge protector for your house. Even minimum level. Or an expensive bangle.

How much the cost..how they http://www.lightningsurgeprotectionmalaysia.com make the calculation? based on power socket or how? or number of fuse in the DB?

Click the link and i got this:

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

so now the protector is highly dependent on earth ground? you said the ground inside the receptacle is not earth ground?
and i quote:

is that cable going from the distribution box to the earth? the large copper cable?

oh yes we already have those in our distribution box. how is that different from your suggestion? your 3 meter rule? move the service entrance/distribution box? so you're suggesting that we move our DB to somewhere where it doesn't breach your 3 meter rule? how about if i live in a condo?
primary protection = installed by utility, correct?
secondary protection = lightning arrestor, correct?

didn't you read? westom already said the primary protection is already installed by the utility.
and i quote:

and i quote another one:

he's right. so you must be wrong.

Please read what is posted. Nobody said tnb installed a protector.  Again you read only what you want to believe.  An EE need not reread those paragraphs.  Since concepts were taught to every first year EE.  You do not even understand ground differences.  This layman simple concept identifies which protectors  protect from destructive surges.

Obvious was what tnb installed.  With insufficient EE knowledge, you even confused a protector and protection.  And did not even know what impedance is.  Any first year EE would know that.

You were asked to reread what you ignored.  Define what you understood.  And then ask about concepts that confused you.  You refused to even do that.  It would expose no EE training.  So you attack the messenger.  Any EE would know why various grounds are electrically different.  Would know why different voltages can exist on the same wire.  And would immediately grasp why a 'whole house' solution is routine in every structure that cannot have damage. Instead, your disparaging remarks now become cheapshots.

A properly earthed 'whole house' solution is required with or without adjacent protectors.  Since protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate. Always.  A protector is only as effective as its earth ground. Fundamental to any reader who asked for effective protection.

Homeowners should also inspect their AC utility installed protection (as described in an earlier post).  Do not let naysayers confuse you with cheapshot attacks.  And claims devoid of basic EE knowledge (ie no numbers).  A protector connected within meters to single point earth ground is the only solution found in every structure that cannot have damage.  This best solution is also a least expensive solution.