Generator and Surge guard
Question for everyone who uses an inverter generator. Do you use a surge guard when running a generator or is it not neccessary? Reason why I know many of you use one to protect a/c from low voltage...
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icanon wrote:
Reason why I stated portable is that folk with 'hardwired' have no choice or bypass the system.
SoundGuy wrote:
Well that doesn't have to be the case ... regardless of brand all one has to do when wiring in a hard wire surge protector is to add a set of 30 amp connectors to the incoming main service line and a couple of matching 30 amp pigtails to the surge protector itself so it can be removed anytime in seconds, just as I've done.
Bobbo wrote:
You mean like this? I did this in January 2008. (I bought the RV in September 2007.) I used 30 amp twist lock plugs.
Yep, twist locks work great, I just happened to use standard RV 30 connectors because I had a few of them on hand in the workshop. In my last email to Progressive I even suggested they include short pigtails that could be purchased as accessory items by anyone interested in making their EMS hard wire installation quickly removable. Seems like a no brainer to me but I got no response. :(
