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I had a Franks booster for about 5 years  when a transformer blew at a ca.thousand trails and it toasted the 2 circuit  boards at a cost 400.00 just for the boards and since I forgot to turn in my site tag I could not prove that it happened there even though the workers were talking to us about our power was going to be out all weekend. They told me to turn it into my insurance but I do not want to claim a small thing like that in case they want to raise my rate for this little claim rather save it for the big ones.My franks was a 50 amp and I never used it on a 50amp  circuit the whole time I had it. I am looking into a new autoformer that is the 30 amp model since it is cheaper to buy a new one than repair the old one and do not know if there is more damage to it. I was wondering how many of you have ever ran into a low voltage situation on the 50 amp circuit.  I can afford the 30 amp one at 369.00 but 50 amp is 509.00. I would rather just get the smaller one  that I can afford if at all possile. I would appreciate any feed back. Thanks  in advance.   Jeff.

time2roll · Answer

+1 for just getting the 30 amp as that is most often where you would find the low voltage issues.Consider a PowerMaster unit over Hughes.I have a 30 amp Frank's BTW.

pianotuna · Answer

Hi,The power master also includes some basic surge protection. I'd buy it over the Franks.

golden_hvac · Answer

Most of the time the 50 amp campgrounds are wired up with much larger #2 or #0 wire, and are not going to have nearly as much voltage loss between the meter and sites.

It is the 30 amp sites that need the booster, typically they are wired with #10 wire that has a huge voltage loss when the site is about 50 - 200' from the main electric meter.

Get the 30 amp version.

Fred.

bob213 · Answer

I have the PowerMaster.  Some will tell you they stole the design from Frank's.  If they did, they certainly improved it by the looks of the reviews for both.

dthomrce · Answer

I would go with the Hughes. Service and repair costs are cheapest compared to the other two. They told me theyre always looking for ways to improve their internal components. Also, Franks and SurgGaurd ripped off the hughs original patent. I would stick to the original. Some of these last forever, some of them dont. Its not due to whats put in them, but the amount of abuse they take in different parks. They were also very nice to me. They also explained that their newest generation autoformers can be calibrated, but come standard boost at 114 and stop at 116.

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