Surge protection INSIDE the camper?
I recently had a problem that cost me my converter, microwave, television, vcr and the sound system. I am lucky the refrigerator and a/c's weren't damaged. Yes I do have a surge protector at the outl...
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The answer is both yes and NO. mostly NO.
TO me a SPIKE is a sudden increase in voltage. Some can easily hit 1,000 volts or more. but it only lasts like one cycle... Or less. (1/60th of a second)
These "Spikes" can be clipped easily by a device which is in all those "Surge protector" strips you get at most any hardware or grocery or computer or .. Well darn near everywhere.
A "Surge" again in my dictionary is a much longer over voltage. Like when the power company hired a contractor and I got double (at least) voltage in my house for like 1 minute. That was not fun.. Those el-cheapo surge guard strips sounded like firecrackers on July-4 as the "protective" elements blew up (literally)
Now a Progressive Industries EMS. or a TRC Surge Guard. the top end ones with the LCD display not just indicator lights.. Those do the job on that kind of "Surge" as well.
TO me a SPIKE is a sudden increase in voltage. Some can easily hit 1,000 volts or more. but it only lasts like one cycle... Or less. (1/60th of a second)
These "Spikes" can be clipped easily by a device which is in all those "Surge protector" strips you get at most any hardware or grocery or computer or .. Well darn near everywhere.
A "Surge" again in my dictionary is a much longer over voltage. Like when the power company hired a contractor and I got double (at least) voltage in my house for like 1 minute. That was not fun.. Those el-cheapo surge guard strips sounded like firecrackers on July-4 as the "protective" elements blew up (literally)
Now a Progressive Industries EMS. or a TRC Surge Guard. the top end ones with the LCD display not just indicator lights.. Those do the job on that kind of "Surge" as well.
