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ACZL
Explorer
Jul 07, 2020

A very good reason Not to scrimp on surge protectors.

This past w/e we went to a new to us CG that said they had a 50 A site. Mind you, was told this was a older CG as well. Once on site, hooked up power via PI 50A EMS, went inside, turned on fridge and ...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 07, 2020
I'm not comfortable with voltages lower than 107. I use an autoformer to correct the endemic low voltage at campgrounds. I check voltage under load before I plug in the RV.

So far as I am aware low voltage potentially may damage motors (air conditioner, microwave) and some converters. Resistance devices are ok with low voltage--they just have lower output. The power changes by the square of the voltage.

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