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# Surge Suppressors/Protectors <!--category-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Surge Suppressors/Protectors
gpc_code: 10005585
gpc_level: brick
parent: category/78020600
gpc_publication: 286 GPC as of May 2026
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## About <!--about-->
Includes any products that can be described/observed as a device used to protect electrical appliances and electronic equipment. Surge protectors regulate the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking, or shorting to ground, voltage above a safe threshold. Includes products such as external surge suppressors, which are installed on the electrical panel to protect home appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, or point-of-use surge suppressors, which are connected to individual pieces of home electronic equipment such as computers and televisions.

### Excludes

Excludes products such as circuit breakers and fuses.
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