I'm close to installing the power to my shop building and the power will also eventually feed the house. I would like to install a meter socket surge protector. The local power utility would like me to lease one for $4.75 a month. It's a Sycom unit. I found a Leviton unit to purchase for $209. At $57 per year, it's less than 4 years to pay off the price of purchasing one.
So, I lean toward buying a unit.
What do you recommend and where to buy it?
Sycom is great stuff, its what I install, and many utilities. Sycom also will replace it if it gets smoked.
If the POCO is offering you a Sycom unit for lease please go this route. The Sycom unit is used in almost every major USA / Canadian market place.
That says a lot for the performance aspects of the device . . . I too am not a fan of leasing any sort of gear as I like to own the things I have. But, in this case letting the POCO take the hit and the warranty is a no brainer.
Unlike going after market . . . If it dies you will have to call the POCO out to kill the power anyways. This will cost you dollars to do since they don't own it. Then you will have to ship it out on your own ticket and out of pocket expense.
Then, you will have to wait for the endless bull **** and answer 25 questions of *was this installed by a certified electrician, where is your receipt, was this caused due to a direct hit, if so you're fucked*
With the leased POCO unit . . . Its fucked, you call the POCO, they bring you out a new one with no down time or costs to you!
In my mind this is the true no brainer and is the best value in the long run. If you live in *Lightning Alley* this is the ONLY solution to use!
Teken . . .
