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 Lynnmor,
Which autoformer do you own?
I added surge protection to my Sola Basic autoformer. I wanted to be able to check incoming voltage so there is an outlet added on both the input and output sides. That makes it easy as pie to check simply by plugging in a pair of Kill-a-watt meters. It allows me to add surge protection to the input and/or the output side.
Even plugging in a power bar with MOV's offers some level of surge protection. It does not need to be in series with the shore power. Parallel works just fine. Sometimes you may find one at a dollar store. Prior to owning the autoformer, I did have one from a dollar store on my fridge and it did "die". I was using it as a "spacer" to add freeze protection to the unit.
Which autoformer do you own?
I added surge protection to my Sola Basic autoformer. I wanted to be able to check incoming voltage so there is an outlet added on both the input and output sides. That makes it easy as pie to check simply by plugging in a pair of Kill-a-watt meters. It allows me to add surge protection to the input and/or the output side.
Even plugging in a power bar with MOV's offers some level of surge protection. It does not need to be in series with the shore power. Parallel works just fine. Sometimes you may find one at a dollar store. Prior to owning the autoformer, I did have one from a dollar store on my fridge and it did "die". I was using it as a "spacer" to add freeze protection to the unit.
Lynnmor wrote:
I never used any type of surge protector or EMS except the autoformer for the past six years.
