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tommygun714
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Feb 03, 2018

50 Amp Surge Protector - Does it work on 30 amp Pedestal

Hello, my first post. My wife and I have just purchased a Keystone Cougar 25RES 5th wheel. It has 50 Amp service. I have two questions. 1) Can I use a 50 amp surge protector when I use a ...
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SoundGuy
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Feb 03, 2018
Of course you can as you're going to have to dogbone your 50 amp cable for 30 amp service anyway. However, you don't want just a surge protector such as the one you've mentioned, you want a full featured EMS w/surge protection, in this case an EMS-PT50X if you want a portable unit.

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