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Oct 01, 2017

Progresive Surge Protector Question

I have a EMS-PT50X surge protector, and it seems like it has a problem. When I plug it into any source (15A, 30A or 50A) from a campground or from my home it takes a long time to gate power through the unit. I have tested the outlets first with a meter to make sure they are hot and they seem to test good. I have had a couple instances where I never did get it to output any power. It always gives a readout of L1 and L2 with 121 +/- volts at 60hrz with 0 amps. I never see any type of error code on the unit at all. When it does work correctly I plug it in and wait a minute or 2 then I hear what sounds like a couple relays click in on the unit and things power up and it works good. I have tried this with the RV plugged in and without a load just a digital meter for a load and it’s the same. I have also tried it on 2 different 5th wheels and it acts the same. I didn’t notice this going on when I first got the surge protector this spring. But I will admit I am not always as observant as I should be. I did send an email today to Progressive to see what they had to say about it. Anyone else ever experience this?
  • I didn’t realize it had a built in delay feather. That’s probably about the amount of time its been taking when it does work correctly. I bet I have been rushing things. I can even see with this I might have unplugged and re-plugged it back in before the first time out finished. Which might have cause the delay to happen multiple times in the same instance.

    Old-Biscuit thanks for the link to the manual I did read it. I am not sure what I did with mine when I got the unit. I going to print it out and put it in the camper electrical box for reference in the spring. I just told DW about what was said here and her comment was “god forbid you actually go read the manual”, hmm , guilty as charged I guess.

    Thanks everyone for the feedback its appreciated.
  • The hardwired models have a delay that is adjustable. Maybe the portable models have it too.

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