Protection
against indirect lightning and harmful surges.
Protect appliances and valuable electronic
equipment against power surge damage with Surge Guard® from
Tri-County Electric Cooperative, featuring Meter-Treater Surge
Guard® Devices. Because sudden powerful increases in voltage
can damage or destroy household appliances and electronic
equipment, you need protection. And Surge Guard helps to
reduce the risk of surges that can damage everything from your
television to your computer. Our new Surge Guard program
includes many devices that will reduce the chance of power
surges reaching your home appliances and electronics. With
an increase in technology in the home, it makes sense to protect
all of the things that make life easier.
Planning your defense
A power surge has many causes, the most
obvious is lightning, but a majority of surges are caused by
birds, animals, and trees interfering with power lines.
Even your refrigerators, vacuum cleaner or hair dryer can cause
momentary internal surges. And surges vary in intensity.
While a forceful surge can destroy an appliance, a faint surge
may only dim your lights momentarily. Help to reduce the
risk of costly repairs and prolong the life of your appliances
and electronics by using the Surge Guard program.
Two-stage protection plan
Surge Guard recommends using the two stage
protection plan in order to provide the most effective
protection.
The
first line of defense is at the meter base. Surge Guard is
offering a surge protection device that fits behind the meter
for 200 amp service and 400 amp service. Both devices can be
leased from Tri-County Electric Cooperative at $4.95 per month
for the 200 amp service and $5.95 per month for the 400 amp
service. A lease agreement will be made for 36 months.
Installation will be done by a representative of the
Cooperative. The 240-1SL, for 200 amp service, installs between
the meter and the meter socket. The unit is equipped with twin
red LED lights to monitor the unit status. This unit provides
protection from any surges that may enter the home at the meter.
The RCHW-120SP-L2 400 amp service is installed by hard wiring
the device at the service entrance. This device is used in
residential or light commercial applications. The device can
also be leased from the Cooperative and will be installed by a
Tri-County Electric representative. Both devices come with a
10-year limited product warranty through Meter-Treater, Inc. An
optional extended warranty may be purchased with Meter-Treater,
Inc.
Second stage of surge protection is
inside the home. These devices are put inside the home to reduce
the chance of internal surges from damaging the connected
equipment.
One type is called the Pro-Treater Series.
This is a line of in home surge protection devices that can help
protect your outlets, phones, modems, and television. These
devices come with a 1 year product and connected equipment
coverage of $1,000 through Meter-Treater, Inc.
The
second type of in-home protection is called the Multi-Treater 7
Plus. This is a unique device that is able to be customized to
the buyers needs. The MT7Plus is standard with 7 electrical
outlets, but it also has several modules that can be added to
give more protection. There is a Coax module to protect your
television from surges entering in through the cable and a
telephone module to protect your phones or modems from phone
line surges. The Multi-Treater 7 Plus comes with a Lifetime
Product Warranty and a $25,000 Connected Load Warranty through
Meter-Treater, Inc.
All secondary devices may be purchased at
Tri-County Electric Cooperative and it is the responsibility of
the consumer to properly install the secondary devices. All
warranty claims shall be made directly to Meter-Treater, Inc. by
the homeowner.
Additional Member Services
With the installation of the Meter-Treater
240-1SL and the Meter-Treater RCHW-120SP-L2 a Tri-County
representative will check the member’s grounding and replace the
old ground connector with an Exothermic Weld connection. There
will be a $25.00 service charge to cover equipment cost and the
representative’s labor. If the current ground rod is in poor
condition or is a galvanized rod, the member can select to have
it replaced with a copper rod by the Tri-County representative
for the cost of the rod.
Apply now for Surge Guard
Simply fill out the application at any
Tri-County Electric Cooperative office. Or
call
to find out more information.
