Originally Posted By: mlord
... For whole-house surge protection, I'd need to have two free spots in the breaker panel -- only have one, so no go on that front....
I often solve that problem by replacing four regular breakers with a quad breaker. Quad breakers use two slots but provide four breakers. Typically the center pair are linked to feed a split circuit at 20, 30 or 40 Amps.

I normally select one that has the outer breakers as 15 Amps each. Pull out the stove or clothes dryer breaker, install the Quad. Then move over two 15 Amp single circuits from whatever, and free up the slots.

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/quad-typ...ker-1000/941163