I'm looking for somebody who can install a whole home surge protector, and get recommendations and a quote to do an interlock switch to link my generator to my panel. I've used Wired in the past, and they're OK but seemed a little expensive.

If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to hear about someone who's done a good job for you personally. I'm in Cypress so Northwest area. Thanks.

Bryan Z at 281.770.6179, I've used him a couple times and he's recommended on here as well.

Mark Luchak recommended him to make once he stopped working in my area.

Looking for the same in Spring. A/C surge protector and/or whole home surge protector.

drumboy said:

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Bryan Z at 281.770.6179, I've used him a couple times and he's recommended on here as well.

Mark Luchak recommended him to make once he stopped working in my area.

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Mark was/still is a great guy. He was the TexAgs go-to for years.

Jarett Hester with Hester electric is who I have used on several occasions. Great guy and very reasonable pricing.

https://hesterelectric.com/

832-689-8389

hesterelectric@yahoo.com

Curious what feedback you get on a whole home surge protector cost....

Thanks guys, I'll start reaching out tomorrow.

AJ02 said:

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Looking for the same in Spring. A/C surge protector and/or whole home surge protector.

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I'll PM you a contact here in a bit

Josh Cirilo
Zapco Electric, LLC
(281) 507-5381
ZapcoElectricLLC@gmail.com

Just replaced my panel and installed a 50amp generator input.

Met Josh by referral.

Houston area

I did my own for both. Can you share a pic of your breaker box? Feel free to Pm if needed.

texasaggie2015 said:

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AJ02 said:

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Looking for the same in Spring. A/C surge protector and/or whole home surge protector.

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I'll PM you a contact here in a bit

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Thanks for the rec!! We got our whole home surge protector installed this afternoon!

How much?

I can send his info to you if interested

I DIY. I'm curious what the price was installed

Not the same but to install a soft start we were getting quotes between $700-900(included $400 soft start). I'm up near The Woodlands. DIY'd it and took about 12 minutes.

AgFlyGuy said:

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Not the same but to install a soft start we were getting quotes between $700-900(included $400 soft start). I'm up near The Woodlands. DIY'd it and took about 12 minutes.

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I installed soft start on both of my units. My generator running on natural gas will run both, just tested last week.

Did the manual method of 'whole house' to select the circuits.

Westinghouse model 15000dfc

Known Brian and Mark for many years. Both are good guys.


.....well, Mark is ok.

Dill-Ag13 said:

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How much?

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I'm sure it varies based on your breaker box? He mentioned ours was really old and he had to hunt around for the part he needed that would work with ours. But I paid $450 total, and he got it all done within a week from initial meeting to install.

He also does whole home generator installs and I believe he said he price matches on it?

Edit to add....I'm sure you can DIY a lot cheaper, but my electrical background extends to the few ENTC classes I took 25 years ago. So I was not interested in doing it myself.

htxag09 said:

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Curious what feedback you get on a whole home surge protector cost....

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We got ours installed just yesterday for $450. It might vary based on what type of breaker box you have? I was expecting closer to $600, so I was happy with the $450 we paid.

Here it is. It's in our detached garage.

Thank you. I believe that the Eaton BR Surge Protector will fit for the Westinghouse panels. They're supposed to be compatible since Eaton purchased the Westinghouse electrical portion. The link here is what I installed in mine. You would need to move the top two breakers on each side down in order to fit the interlock and surge protector. I did both on my own and it wasn't bad. Good news is you have plenty of space and don't have to install a secondary panel.

drumboy said:

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Bryan Z at 281.770.6179, I've used him a couple times and he's recommended on here as well.

Mark Luchak recommended him to make once he stopped working in my area.

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I used Brian on a project that I GC'd a few months ago and he was great