30 amp surge protector

When I purchased my Jayco a few years ago I installed the Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C hard wired power protector. During some very hot weekends the Progressive EMS-HW30C would detect a low voltage condition and shutdown the incoming power.

On this past Memorial Day weekend we were out camping when a severe thunderstorm came rolling though. There was big lightning strike nearby and my EMS-HW30C detected a momentary Open Ground and shutdown the incoming power. The same large lightning strike also took out a local FM radio station for a while.

The investment of the EMS-HW30C was worth every penny.

I installed the SurgeGuard 30amp protector prior to a 64 day camping trip into Mexico. Mexican voltage is all over the place and the SurgeGuard worked perfectly. And it's the model with LED lights, no digital readout and it cost well of $100. Sorry I don't have the model # with me.
Almost every camper has a surge protector in the Mexican campgrounds - most were exterior, not hardwired, and I had a chance to see the voltage readouts on some of them. Over 133 volts and all of them tripped - nobody had power.
With the exterior models, there's a chance that it could grow legs and disappear unless you fashion a locking device.

I do agree that Progressive Industries is the best.. Good US based company. Make great RV stuff. Hard wired is also the best, harder to forget to plug it in.

I have the Surge Guard plug in model from Camping world, but considering what I paid for it.. Well.... I will be converting it to a hard wired later this year (25 dollar job but it requires drilling holes to route heavy duty cable)

Also, if you have an autoformer

Park-----Autoformer----Protector Else it will shut you down when it does not have to.

my electric company offered a similar device for about $8 a month rent. found out that it wouldn't stop a lightning strike coming in thru the ground so figured it wasn't worth it.
bumpy

Seems like I see discussion from time to time about these RV specific suppressor systems.
Does anyone ever use the whole house residential type things
like this
Delta Surge
or similar?

I have this set up in my house, and it seems like it would be easy enough to install in a TT or MH. Just doesn't make sense in my pup, but as I'm thinking about stepping up to a MH, I'm wondering.....

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Progressive Industries
30A Hard wired power protection..surge protection plus.......LINK
They also have same in a portable unit.

I have a 50A one.

WHY.because it tests power source before allowing power to rig.
It trips/resets on HI/LO Voltage conditions
It monitors AC frequency

[COLOR=]AND it has a LIFETIME Warranty.

Other brands....1 yr. limited warranty

Simple choice!

Do people just not read this or don't they care?

I used a 30 for a while but now use a 50 This being a 50 amp rig.

USE the size that fits your rig.. NOW.. there is a company named Surge Guard..

They make 3 models of both 30 and 50 amp.. ONE is just a spike supressor (I have a hard wired version, so does the park I'm parked in, same model) this one sells for UNDER 100 dollars and I strongly recommend you do NOT buy it,, It has 3 or 4 LED's, no digital displays.

The more expensive ones with the Digital displays are true Surge Guards/power line monitors/protectors and are well worth the cost.

Hi Bumpy,

Low voltage is a slow "kiss of death" for the motor in an air conditioner. I check polarity and voltage before I ever plug in and my comfort zone for voltage is 108 and above. The advanced energy management systems cut out at 104 volts, so they are useless to me.

I got the surge guard, old version without the readout. It was on clearance special at CW in NH. Next trailer will have a hard wired PI.

what ever you get, make it a multi-function surge protector. not the $90 special.
and Don, wouldn't autoformer vs. SP depend on the campgrounds you usually inhabit? very few of the ones I have stayed at have low voltage, many more likely to have other issues that a SP handles?
bumpy