Surge protectors expand your outlet capacity and keep devices safe from power surges. Here's how they work, and when to use one.

Check the surge protector’s energy absorption rating, and its “clamping voltage.” The absorption rating is, as the name implies, how much energy it can absorb before it fails.

QUESTION: I have heard you recommend that Arizona homeowners should think about installing full-home surge protectors. I've wanted to add one of these to my house for a while.

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 05/28/2022: Dykstra Home Services’ Senior Vice President of Operations, Rich Dykstra Sr., joins the show to talk about installing a whole-home surge ...

Surge protectors need to be strong enough to handle regular surges and spikes and must be placed in accordance with code and best practices.

If you've got your smart TV, soundbar and other gadgets plugged into a power strip, you may feel you're all set. But is that power strip also a surge protector?