maryb119

No I don't because I unplug it when I'm not using it.

tenngal

I use surge protectors on my tv's, computer and all sewing machines. Already been through one tornado hit in December and everything connected to Comcast goes down every time the wind blows here.

FroggyinTexas

No, but I should be using a surge protector. Thanks for reminding me. froggyintexas

judith ann

YES YES YES!!!! Our power pole wires got whipped into neighbors tree branches. The power surged into the phone line that had been grounded to a the house. Not sure why it did that but it fried the phones went into the ground to the line 30 feet away, and into the house.The wires in the ground were burned.
Our RV was plugged into the house. It fried the microwave in the RV. The microwave in the house. The TV in the RV and 2 tv's in the house. I forget how many phones it took out.
I unplug everything when it storms. Don't trust that a surge protector would really protect.

And don't even think the insurance company is going to do a thing.We were told to take each item to a repair place to see if it was fixable. To do that each repair place wanted $ to evaluate the item,but the insurance co. would not reimburse you for that $ only the cost of the item. I am not sure why we have insurance agents. They wanted us to do their job. Oh my end of rant!

SittingPretty

I do. Machine costs too much to take any chances.

katkat1946

When I first got my expensive machine my electrician told me about the serge protectors that also have a battery back-up feature. This is helpful if you happen to be embroidering but more importantly it helps protect from the damage caused by a brown out. I believe that can be as damaging as a serge. They run about $50 I think but given the price of so many machines it seems worthwhile. I've just had to replace mine after about 12 years +/-.

BillieJean

I wish I had, my very expensive machine got fried, because I didn't think about it....unplug, unplug, unplug,,,,

Sharoncignoni

Living in the lighting Capitol of the US we have a whole house surge protector at the metor and individual surge protectors on all of our electrical equipment including my sewing machines and my Handi Quilter Fusion 24. They are a great insurance, to protect our investment.

ShelleyCS

Actually, I have a full lightning rod system complete with buried cables, ground, rods and so on. However we still had a strike that fried equipment, and that's when we added a whole house surge protector, but I still unplug. There is no such thing as a system that works perfectly. Just unplug it.

gale

How does it go through two surge protectors? Do you have a whole-house protector? If not, it's not a good idea to daisy-chain power strips (plug a power strip into another power strip). Just an FYI.