u/Feeling_Anteater_389

Yesterday I heard a loud popping noise that sounded like it was coming from behind the wall in my kitchen. Immediately afterwards, the power flickered off and then cut back on. I checked the breaker box but the switch wasn’t tripped. This has now happened a couple of times in the last few months.

I had an electrician out who recommended a whole house surge protector and quoted me $1,100 for the parts + install. He claimed that the influx of new construction in the immediate area outside my neighborhood may be causing this issue.

He also said the whole house surge protectors are now standard code as of the last few years (my house was built on 2007).

How seriously should I be taking this and is this a reasonable price for this work?

Does the first direct deposit count towards the $5k total needed to get the $400 bonus? Or does it have to be $5k, not including whatever the first deposit is?

Going from Pleasant Road area to Southpark and it feels like the last few weeks had just been awful, but the worst of it is always on the SC side of Carowinds.