Advise on Surge Protectors?
I have a 2016 Fleetwood Storm 28MS that uses 30 amp shore power. I have never had a surge protector on my other coaches and never had any problems. What is the minimum surge protector I should have? A...
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In Fact Consumer Reports was correct. The only way to truly protect something is with a voltage Regulator. And while those will withstand much higher variances up and down than the surge protectors they too have their limitations.
In my Hotel in a well known Asian beach resort, I had voltage regulators on all my refrigeration units including my wine cellar and all my computers. The voltage spikes there make the US Canada and Mexico look like childs play. No surge protector would have "protected" my tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. But the voltage regulators never failed me.
During one bad electrical storm when a lightening strike hit my concrete parking pad just about 20 feet from my front office and left a burn mark in the concrete, a strike that killed 10 of my TV's and lit up fluorescent lights that were NOT turned on (and scared the you know what out of everyone)My computers and refrigeration units all survived. They were plugged into to Voltage regulators. The TV's had to be fixed.
So please do enlighten me on how I know nothing about this issue.
In my Hotel in a well known Asian beach resort, I had voltage regulators on all my refrigeration units including my wine cellar and all my computers. The voltage spikes there make the US Canada and Mexico look like childs play. No surge protector would have "protected" my tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. But the voltage regulators never failed me.
During one bad electrical storm when a lightening strike hit my concrete parking pad just about 20 feet from my front office and left a burn mark in the concrete, a strike that killed 10 of my TV's and lit up fluorescent lights that were NOT turned on (and scared the you know what out of everyone)My computers and refrigeration units all survived. They were plugged into to Voltage regulators. The TV's had to be fixed.
So please do enlighten me on how I know nothing about this issue.
