Surge protector install

SoundGuy wrote:
If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds.

TechWriter wrote:
Doing this would probably put you in violation of Progressive's Limited Warranty as it would be an "unauthorized modification".

No question, but I gave that up long ago when I modded the time delay jumper by installing a switch for more convenient operation. ;)



Over the winter I pulled the entire guts out of the Progressive box and mounted them in a larger tool box so loss of warranty at this stage is for me a non-issue. Live dangerously. :D

SoundGuy wrote:

Lantley wrote:
Maybe I should get a hardwired model and put male and female ends on it and plug it into the pedestal :S

Technically one could BUT the hard wire models use a separate plug in monitor, connected to the EMS with a 16' length of cable, so you'd have to make sure that monitor is always plugged into the EMS before powering it up. Cumbersome, to say the least. :S

Lantley wrote:
If you are going to cut wires anyway why not get a hardwired model:h

If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds. :B

If you add wire beyond the EMS then you just need to reconnect the existing wire to the panel. That is how I plan to install my hard wired unit.

I think not being able to see the display, would be a bigger issue. We got our Progressive %) amp unit for $299 on Amazon, with very nice remote display.

SoundGuy wrote:

If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds.

Doing this would probably put you in violation of Progressive's Limited Warranty as it would be an "unauthorized modification".

Lantley wrote:
Maybe I should get a hardwired model and put male and female ends on it and plug it into the pedestal :S

Technically one could BUT the hard wire models use a separate plug in monitor, connected to the EMS with a 16' length of cable, so you'd have to make sure that monitor is always plugged into the EMS before powering it up. Cumbersome, to say the least. :S

Lantley wrote:
If you are going to cut wires anyway why not get a hardwired model:h

If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds. :B

Maybe I should get a hardwired model and put male and female ends on it and plug it into the pedestal:S
If you are going to cut wires anyway why not get a hardwired model:h

My issue wasn't having it walk away; it was having me drive away without it!

I have mine inside the storage compartment, utilizing my extension cord for the connection to pedestal, and surge protector inside compartment with MH cord plugged in. Easy breezy and no worries about it possibly walking away.

Thanks everyone,
Not only for security but simplicity.

This why the hard wired units are much easier to have and to see the display inside the rv.

If the issue is theft prevention, it's pretty much a non-issue. I've never heard of anyone having theirs stolen. Could happen, but I've never heard of it.