Originally Posted by Gerbie

I have made a habit of unpluging the cord from my Bernia and moving the cord away every time I quit sewing. it only takes a few seconds to do this. Where I have to use my machine, because of few outlets, I use a good extension cord, and if a storm is coming I unplug the machine cord from the extension cord, so nothing is plugged to the machine. I have done this ever since I bought the machine. The owner of the LQS where I bought my machine, recommended this because of a customer that lost her machine, due to an electrical storm. I just have this habit, and feel like it is easier to plug it in when I start to use it, rather than not have one to plug in at all.
Our internet is through our telephone co. and when it is stormy looking we unplug the phone line to the computers as well. I realize that all appliances need to be unplugged or something, but we just don't get to everything. I guess we really should. Thanks for the advice. Where to you get a whole house protector? I also live in West Tx. and we do have a lot of electrical storms, even without the rain around here. I think I need to invest in a whole house protector. Do all appliances plug in to this or do you just plug it into one spot and it protects everything? I am clueless about this, and never heard of it before, as you can tell.