CA Traveler wrote:
And why didn't I think of looking at another device to check power?
And resetting the MW clock every time power is off can become a PITA over the long term. That's a device that could use a battery even more. What do you think of the odds of that option in a home appliance? Or I could just leave the inverter turned on...
Frankly I've never given much thought to the fact that the Progressive EMS units don't offer any indication that power has dropped out completely. Obviously the monitor screen goes blank when there's no power but if you're away from the camper at the time and return later after power has been restored you'd never know from the EMS unless that power dropout also included some sort of line error. That's exactly what happened in my previously mentioned example - it was a stormy weekend and we did lose power completely but when it was restored my EMS indicated a previous error PE2 which means an open ground. Obviously that open ground condition occurred
before power was lost completely but as is the case here at the house if it's just a simple power drop out I still know that power was disconnected because when it's restored the clock on the microwave oven needs to be reset. That's pretty hard to miss but I agree it would be handy if the EMS could somehow indicate restoration of power - a small light, or even if it flashed at twice the speed until you hit a reset button or perhaps switched it to bypass and then back on again to reset it to normal operating mode. :h
