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cbshoestring
Explorer II
Jul 03, 2016

87. Volt. Are you on the fence about buying surge protection

I was told A/C could not be used, and friends who have stayed by the lake warned it was a single receptacle. Still, I paid for electric, I hoped I could at least make coffee. 87 volts when it first...
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SoundGuy
Explorer
Jul 03, 2016
Sam Spade wrote:
Even a power stabilizer/conditioner will have trouble dealing with an input that low.


No one has said anything at all about a so-called "stabilizer/conditioner", whatever you may mean by that. :h A properly designed EMS however will prevent a voltage source falling outside a specified nominal range (104 vac to 132 vac for Progressive Industries products) from ever reaching the camper in the first place or if OK at first will later disconnect from that source if voltage falls out of range.

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