Surge power protector- hard wire or portable?
I have room behind a panel to put the hard wire version. But what if for some reason it goes south? Now your going to have to wire around to restore power.Make it plug and play by putting plugs on ea...
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Hi,
I disagree. The main purpose ought to be to check the power source before plugging in the RV. Since this may be best done while "under load", the current energy management systems may not work quite as well as they might.
I do this manually before plugging in to any shore power, using a heating device as the load. I have never encountered a fault, other than low voltage. I prefer to use an autoformer to correct the problem.
The units that are surge only may be somewhat useless.
I disagree. The main purpose ought to be to check the power source before plugging in the RV. Since this may be best done while "under load", the current energy management systems may not work quite as well as they might.
I do this manually before plugging in to any shore power, using a heating device as the load. I have never encountered a fault, other than low voltage. I prefer to use an autoformer to correct the problem.
The units that are surge only may be somewhat useless.
Rover_Bill wrote:
The main purpose of any surge protector (portable or hard wired) is to prevent EXCESSIVE voltage from entering the RV.
