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For most Bradenton homes, whole-home surge protection is worth having. Florida enforces the 2020 National Electrical Code, which requires a surge protective device whenever a home's electrical service is installed or replaced. Existing homes don't have to add one, but the area's heavy summer lightning makes a whole house surge protector a practical upgrade.

An AC breaker keeps tripping when the air conditioner draws more current than its circuit can carry, or when there's a short or ground fault. The cause may be the equipment, like a failing capacitor, or the electrical side, like a worn breaker or loose connection.

A generator inlet box is a weatherproof outdoor connection that lets a portable generator feed your home's electrical panel through one heavy-duty cord. Paired with an interlock kit or transfer switch, it powers the circuits you choose, lights, refrigerator, fans, even a well pump, without extension cords snaking through windows or the risk of backfeeding the utility lines.

A whole-home generator is permanently installed, runs on natural gas or propane, and starts on its own when the power goes out. A portable generator costs less, but you set it up, fuel it and choose what it powers.