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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Prapan Paul Tinaphong, Westfield, IN (US);
Eric M. Michielutti, Carmel, IN (US);
Louis E. Lenzi, Carmel, IN (US);
Joseph Craig Engle, Carmel, IN (US);
Prapan Paul Tinaphong, Westfield, IN (US);
Eric M. Michielutti, Carmel, IN (US);
Louis E. Lenzi, Carmel, IN (US);
Joseph Craig Engle, Carmel, IN (US);
Audiovox Corporation, Hauppage, NY (US);
Abstract
A home control protection system includes at least one surge protection strip having a plurality of power outlet receptacles, and a wall mountable central control unit that is in electrical communication with the at least one surge protection strip. The surge protection strip includes a replaceable surge protector module. The surge protection strip includes a circuit for detecting and counting the number of power surges which are shunted by the surge protector module, and compares the number of power surges with a predetermined threshold power surge number that corresponds to a predicted maximum number of power surges before failure of the surge protector module will occur.