Surge Guard
Getting ready to order our first fiver and am looking at various accessories etc. I realize the importance of a surge guard and am wondering if hard mounted or portable is best. Seems cost wise, se...
Forum Discussion
This is why I use a portable at the pedestal instead of hardwired:
http://www.wanderlodgeownersgroup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12061
It matters little that the link is from 2011. When a hardwired unit takes a bad hit and then cannot switch over to 'bypass' I don't want to be outside at 10 o'clock at night, with a flashlight in my teeth, on my knees, in the rain, performing surgery on it to restore shore power. I opted for a portable unit that hangs on the pedestal. When it does its job and fries itself, I can unplug it and then plug the shore cable into the pedestal. Easy-peasy, done. The trade off being security. Sometime the life less complicated also includes less secure.
Now vic46's over-the-top endorsement of Progressive Industries EMS would have one believe that any unit without the word 'EMS' in its name is inferior. I beg to differ. My 30A portable Surge Guard has protected my MH from bad pedestals/power on several occasions.
Here is a link to Technology Research Corporation's RV power protection products, even hardwired units.
http://www.wanderlodgeownersgroup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12061
It matters little that the link is from 2011. When a hardwired unit takes a bad hit and then cannot switch over to 'bypass' I don't want to be outside at 10 o'clock at night, with a flashlight in my teeth, on my knees, in the rain, performing surgery on it to restore shore power. I opted for a portable unit that hangs on the pedestal. When it does its job and fries itself, I can unplug it and then plug the shore cable into the pedestal. Easy-peasy, done. The trade off being security. Sometime the life less complicated also includes less secure.
Now vic46's over-the-top endorsement of Progressive Industries EMS would have one believe that any unit without the word 'EMS' in its name is inferior. I beg to differ. My 30A portable Surge Guard has protected my MH from bad pedestals/power on several occasions.
Here is a link to Technology Research Corporation's RV power protection products, even hardwired units.
