EATON CHSPT2ULTRA Ultimate Surge Protection 3rd Edition, 2.38 Length, 5.25 Width 7.5 Height

Small, compact, affordable, and serves the purpose to protect our home. priced well.

I like having this installed on my electrical panel and I did it myself. Most people should not be installing these if you do not have electrical experience. I have 30 years of electrical experience so installing it was very simple. If there is anything negative about this it would be that the leads are too short. They should be long enough to reach anywhere in the electrical panel regardless of where on the panel you install it. If you do a lot of research on this first, you will find that the manufacturer requires a 50 amp breaker be used to supply power to the device. In this case you must be careful because of the brand of breaker you have. Some manufacturers do not make their breakers so it will fit this lighter gauge wire. The clamps will not tighten down, so because I happen to have one of those brands, I had to buy a 30 amp breaker so it will tighten down on the wires. I understand the reasoning why the manufacturers of some panels and breakers do this but the clamps or screw terminals should tighten all the way down. That is my opinion. After doing research I also came across That many people say you should not extend the Wires in order to make them reach the breaker or in order to make them fit the terminals on your breaker. I abided by this notion but then realized maybe I did not need to. I am a home inspector and I noticed in other homes that already have this installed by an electrician, that the electricians extend the wires by adding extra length using wire nuts. I do not know if this voids the warranty or not but in my opinion it should not, even though it may. I mean if you have an electrician install it with a jumper wire because it will not tighten down with the brand of breaker that you have then how can a manufacturer expect you to change out your panel and breakers just because they used a small gauge wire. If they are going to recommend that you use a 50 amp breaker, double pole, they should make the device with a heavier gauge wire. One other thing that I heard which could be a real downer. If you research this online you will read that Amazon is not an authorized retailer for Eaton, meaning eaten may not honor their warranty. I cannot say this is absolutely true because I did not contact eaten and you know not everything online is the truth. I have had this happen to me before with other brands and other types of equipment where I search online for a good deal and then I find out that I bought it from a retailer who the manufacturer does not honor. That happened to me with a Frigidaire dehumidifier I bought for my basement and now may happen with this device. I am not going to worry about that too much because if it does fail I will just replace it myself and not pay an electrician several hundred dollars to do it for me. Eaton is a very good brand-name and these are very good devices so I have no regrets buying it on Amazon but I think you should know as much as possible before you buy it.

Works great, I think. Im not sure I have any way to test it. Just hoping this saves my electronics if I ever have a surge. Bought this to protect cryptocurrency miners primarily.

Easy to install & fit nicely in my breaker box. Be careful, theres 240 volts close by.

I bought this whole house surge protector due to the fact I installed security cameras plugged in multiple locations. Didnt want to add many more power strips in addition to the ones I have so this foot the bill cover the whole house. There is no way to tell if it actually works until you have a power surge . But I guess time will tell

I installed this in a brand new construction single family home - we had an Eaton panel but that wasnt the only reason I went with the product, it has some good flexibility for the installation and is rated extremely well. Note that this product is NOT Cutler-Hammer - it is EATON - if you are trying to find more info elsewhere, go to the Eaton website and review the information they have there on their surge protection products. Eaton bought cutler-hammer ages ago and all cutler-hammer products are made by them anyway, but if you are looking for info you wont find it under the cutler-hammer name. I knocked out a bottom hole because the panel was mounted with two studs flush on each side of the box. Requires a new two-pole breaker - note that while the smaller ones use a smaller breaker, this box requires a 50 AMP two pole breaker. They are available at your local Lowes if you have an Eaton box - you dont need an Eaton panel for this product but you need the right breakers for your panel whatever brand and type that is, and it needs to be 50 AMP two-pole (essentially two breakers hooked together). I was installing in my main panel and so on the sides both buses were wired to each other - this is normal for modern service panels and in such case you can wire the ground and neutral into the same side of the panel/same bus. I chose to put it on the side of the box where the utility ground was hooked up. Since I had to come in from the bottom I was able to just put the breaker at the bottom of the box and wire the hots in before seating the breaker in the box. There are some recommendations out there to install these breakers at the top of the panel - theres some validity to this, but if you are installing in an existing panel the benefit you get from moving everything around to do that isnt worth it - and you definitely dont want to do it at the expense of longer wires - the shorter the wires are the better, they are your weak point in the connection. Youll want to cut these down some if you can (though dont go too short - I almost did, whoops!) It is also recommended to have the hots twisted - this is described in the instructions. All in all it was a snap to install - make sure you have the main breaker off while doing this unless you really know what you are doing, and use a voltage tester to make sure things are safe before you get started. Dont forget to consider surge protection for coax or phone lines coming into the house. Eaton sells products for the phone lines I think if you have the traditional ones. For coax like cable TV/internet I recommend the tii 212 device - was a snap to install. You still also need good surge protectors for high end electronics like your entertainment system at the plug - this device wont be able to protect your devices from surges that occur along the same circuit as other devices and there are various other factors within the home. For my computers I use a variety of surge strips/protectors and I have a belkin device for my entertainment system setup. For my wall mounted TV I have a recessed outlet with a leviton surge protector/outlet combo so I dont have to have a strip up there somewhere. Keep in mind that the warranty for this device will only apply if you surge protect other wires coming into you house - such as the coaxial cable line.

Works so far. Hopefully works when I get hit by lightning

I have a large house in a rural area with lots of trees, branches and power disruptions. Would not call house high-tech, but there is way too much digital equipment to leave unprotected; multiple computers, tvs and electronics; an expensive digital controlled heat pump system & heat pump water heater; kitchen appliances all have digital panels; most lights are LED. Easy to put UPS/Surge on some, but not all the rest. Bought 2 of these - one for each 200 Amp panel. Each box was 2/3 full, so mounted each Eaton with a new CB placed in any open spot. Not necessary to put CB for Eaton at top spot - surge current moves at 186,000 miles/sec - extra foot of wire wont matter. Have had the Eatons in place for 15 months thru many power line issues - Eaton status leds are still good and have not had problems or failure with any digital device. No way to tell if they prevented any failures, but still glad I have them.

install was easy. both lights lit so i assume all is working well. product claims $75k of protection of attached devices, however the warranty this ships with the product says: failure due to direct lighting strikes and temporary over-voltage are not covered. temporary over-voltage is a surge and the product is a surge protector.

Item was shipped reasonably quickly, and I am quite happy with the product purchase.