Surge Protector or Power Monitor
How many of you use either a surge protector or some type of power monitor at a campground? Which do you use and what is your preferred model? Who doesn't use anything at all and why? Living and trave...
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GMandJM wrote:
We have a plug-in surge guard in addition to our on-board EMS system. As said above, the surge guard also checks for open ground and monitors for low voltage.
RVers might use these more often than boaters because we probably have more/different equipment on our RVs than would normally be on a boat- air conditioners, residential fridges, a computer or two, flat screen TVs, microwaves and the like.
All of those things and many more are found on boats. Which is why I ask. In addition, on a boat we have considerably more electronics, chartplotters, navigation computers, HF and VHF radios, Autopilots, weather and engine monitors, all interconnected, and then we have to deal with grounding all the systems so as to not have a problem with electrolysis. Chuck
