Sine Wave Inverter Anomaly
After following this recent discussion about how to best utilize a sine wave inverter for RV use I decided to go ahead and buy the 1000 watt model mentioned in this discussion since it was on sale for...
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My statement still applies, ... remove it or turn it off..It does not belong between inverter and loads
Surge protection is for Shore POWER, an inverter can not give you power line type surges and transients
Surge protection is for Shore POWER, an inverter can not give you power line type surges and transients
road-runner wrote:
EMS as defined by Progressive Industries = Electrical Management System
"Progressive Industries Portable Electrical Management Systems (EMS) provide full RV protection against all adverse power conditions." , what is commonly called a "surge protector". It does not manage energy use.
EMS as defined by the rest of the world = Energy Management System, manages loads to keep circuits from overloading.
I believe the "open ground" discussion in this thread is related to the unfortunately named Progressive Industries EMS, which is really a "surge protector", another bad name for a power quality monitoring and protection device. Nothing to do with the other EMS, Energy Management System.
