how can it protect whole house-if it's connected to 2 breakers only ?
1249403
You have two circuits (2@ 12o Volt AC) so you need to use two breakers to protect both circuits. The idea is to discharge any excess voltage to ground as soon as it reaches the house. The breakers will have to be reset if you get a large surge.
1249404
It is connected to the primary power main breakers. This the circuit that brings electricicity into the circuit box.
1249405
These surge protectors are connected to the main bus through the breakers you connect them to, they do not prevent voltage spikes they just limit the surge effects through a gating effect that limits the amount of surge that gets through. They attempt to allow only a small amount of the surge to get through and drain the rest to ground. They are not not perfect but they may save your expensive electronics.
623640
If they are hardwired they are designed to all go off if one goes off. This way if you are in another part of the house you know there is an alarm within the house.
6457
The device is designed to monitor an entire breaker panel.If you want to monitor just one circuit breaker, it's going to take some extra, warranty voiding, dangerous, wiring.
1401917
That wouldn't be a good idea because you will be removing a built-in protection against electrocution/short circuits and I'm sure it's against the building code. I would find another outlet to replace.
2161872
No. The Breakers in this unit are ONLY used during Generator Operation. When on Line the Breakers in this Unit are Bypassed. You can use each section of the Tandem breaker (each Tandem Breaker would use 2 breakers in this unit).If you have a Lot of Circuits and want to be able to use most/all of them, you could just put a Lockout on the Main input, with a Light bulb hardwired to the feed from power company, and Buy a Meter Box from Reliance to connect to your Generator Feed to monitor your Load, you could In Theory run your whole house, Probably not Simultaneously.I have some Tandem breakers in my panel too, but Each one uses two in this gen panel. No. The Breakers in this unit are ONLY used during Generator Operation. When on Line the Breakers in this Unit are Bypassed. You can use each section of the Tandem breaker (each Tandem Breaker would use 2 breakers in this unit).If you have a Lot of Circuits and want to be able to use most/all of them, you could just put a Lockout on the Main input, with a Light bulb hardwired to the feed from power company, and Buy a Meter Box from Reliance to connect to your Generator Feed to monitor your Load, you could In Theory run your whole house, Probably not Simultaneously.I... » Read More No. The Breakers in this unit are ONLY used during Generator Operation. When on Line the Breakers in this Unit are Bypassed. You can use each section of the Tandem breaker (each Tandem Breaker would use 2 breakers in this unit).If you have a Lot of Circuits and want to be able to use most/all of them, you could just put a Lockout on the Main input, with a Light bulb hardwired to the feed from power company, and Buy a Meter Box from Reliance to connect to your Generator Feed to monitor your Load, you could In Theory run your whole house, Probably not Simultaneously.I have some Tandem breakers in my panel too, but Each one uses two in this gen panel. « Show Less
1088004
If the entire house goes out you first must trip the main breaker to prevent back. There is ywo sockets with twenty amp it should freg, heater,light. Direct off drop cords. I recommend. This generator
1895906
i didn't try it on a 24/7 basis. my suggestion is you can try to plug also with a surge protector so that it will protect you home.
360360
it is a surge protector - and will protect you from a bad 'spike'. but for sensitive equipment that requires line conditioning, you might want to get something more advanced. this is a heavy duty outlet strip with a circuit breaker.
1879381
Your panel should have 2 empty slots next to other breakers if it's a panel that is less than say 25years old. The older panels can get more complicated to figure out.
1128475
There are better one's on the market protection wise, but this one filled my need to fit in a tiny space. I would say it is better than not having any surge protection. I got zapped by a lighting strike last year and that took out the circuit board in the garage door opener. So any protection is better than none. It has a 3 pronged plug and 2 led lights to let you know it is working.
1461590
My home security system uses this. I think it is the back up power in case of blackout.
2260454
It will feature 1 breaker. This does not feature any pre-wired circuits. The switch is designed to be installed prior to the home's main panel to provide whole-house protection for your backup power needs.
1463802
Best thing to do is install an electrical box in the wall to protect the connection.
784633
Hi. I have not connected 2 of them to each other. What I have is ONE extension/surge protector and 2 Nugiant connected to it. One on each night table next to my bed. This allows us to connect our devices on night tables to power overnight
1383857
If you have a connection through you breaker box that would be your circuit protection. If you are getting your power directly from the generator use a good quality surge strip ( if I was connecting directly from the generator). It's a great unit. I have my generator connected directly into the house circuits and to save wattage I replaced all of my light bulbs through out the house with LED bulbs
1663202
The protection must be installed right after main breaker use 1 double pole 20 amp breaker. Do not use those small twin breakers at all other wise it works well I have installed several.
2111484
This box cannot be placed outside, it is not weather proof. It would have to be mounted in the house or garage. Also it only has 12 breakers and I would dare say your house has more than 12 breakers. If you are looking to back up the whole house you can get just a transfer switch with no breakers. That way you can just plug in your portable Gen and switch the power over to the Gen and you don't have to rewire all the circuits.