How to protect against poor RV park power?
We stopped at an RV park (an old and poorly maintained KOA) in hot weather. Plugged in the 30 amp cord. The power pedestal looked sketchy -- the socket was chipped and improperly mounted. Fired ...
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Hi,
The Sola Basic does three layers of boost and one of buck.
At 110 volts boost is 10%
At 100 volts boost is 20%
at 90 volts boost is 30%
The lowest I've seen is 97 volts into the autoformer which gave me 107 inside the RV, on a weak 15 amp shore power supply.
At 85 volts the math suggests interior voltage would be 110.5 volts.
Sola Basic has no surge capability but it is easy to add some.
If I were to do this again I might just go for the Tripp-Lite unit:
https://www.tripplite.com/2400w-120v-power-conditioner-automatic-voltage-regulation-avr-ac-surge-protection-6-outlets~LC2400
And protect only the roof air.
The Sola Basic does three layers of boost and one of buck.
At 110 volts boost is 10%
At 100 volts boost is 20%
at 90 volts boost is 30%
The lowest I've seen is 97 volts into the autoformer which gave me 107 inside the RV, on a weak 15 amp shore power supply.
At 85 volts the math suggests interior voltage would be 110.5 volts.
Sola Basic has no surge capability but it is easy to add some.
If I were to do this again I might just go for the Tripp-Lite unit:
https://www.tripplite.com/2400w-120v-power-conditioner-automatic-voltage-regulation-avr-ac-surge-protection-6-outlets~LC2400
And protect only the roof air.
valhalla360 wrote:
Obviously fancier and more expensive tools can do more but in order or preference:
2) Voltage Booster (Autoformer): We are talking about low voltage not spikes or other transient issues. Autoformers will boost the voltage by around 10%. So if you have 100v at the pedestal, your RV will see 110v...Quite a bit more expensive and if the low voltage issue is excessive, it can still cause issues (ie: if the pedestal voltage is 90v, your RV will only see 99v)
