Surge Guard

gotsmart wrote:
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.

I'm not a statistician, but it seems to me if you're camped someplace and the Surge Protector trips because of a storm or faulty power then the chances are pretty good that it will trip again - assuming it's still storming or you're still camped at the same place. So if you bypass the Surge Protector the first time it trips and fries you're risking frying everything in the RV the next time the power glitches. If you're willing to risk that then why waste the money buying the Surge Protector in the first place?

BTW, I have a Progressive Industries in my RV. It's in the equipment bay and I didn't bother getting the remote display option. If it trips I'm just going to roll over and get a good nites sleep and check on it in it in the morning if it doesn't reset itself in the meantime.