surge protector
Will a surge protector help with low voltage like a plug in voltmeter?Will they both work basically the same?
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There are surge protectors and Surge Protectors.
There is one that Camping world sells for about a hundred bucks, it has some LED's on it no digital displays, IT is a "surge supressor" really a spike suppressor it is 100% useless if you get a genuine surge (Sustained high voltage) and in fact if that happens it may remind you of a firecracker,,, I know several surge strips I had did that when I got hit with a real surge. (I should know, I was there, sounded a bit like Independence day).
A Good Energery Monitoring System, like the more expensive ones CW sells or the Progressive jobs.. This has a digital display which shows one or more of the following, Voltage, current and frequency. It may also show error codes.
These monitor the voltage, and selected other things, and will shut you off if the important things go out of range.
Voltage too high (SURGE) shut down
Voltage too low (Brownout) SHut down
Frequency too high or low (Very unlikely but) Shut down
My inverter monitors all of these and in addition the waveform, too noise (IE: MSW feed) and it switches to inverter mode. I know of no surge guard that does this though.
In addition it will check for inverse polarity, open grounds (or neutrals) and such and either shut you down or report the error, depending on how bad it is.
There is one that Camping world sells for about a hundred bucks, it has some LED's on it no digital displays, IT is a "surge supressor" really a spike suppressor it is 100% useless if you get a genuine surge (Sustained high voltage) and in fact if that happens it may remind you of a firecracker,,, I know several surge strips I had did that when I got hit with a real surge. (I should know, I was there, sounded a bit like Independence day).
A Good Energery Monitoring System, like the more expensive ones CW sells or the Progressive jobs.. This has a digital display which shows one or more of the following, Voltage, current and frequency. It may also show error codes.
These monitor the voltage, and selected other things, and will shut you off if the important things go out of range.
Voltage too high (SURGE) shut down
Voltage too low (Brownout) SHut down
Frequency too high or low (Very unlikely but) Shut down
My inverter monitors all of these and in addition the waveform, too noise (IE: MSW feed) and it switches to inverter mode. I know of no surge guard that does this though.
In addition it will check for inverse polarity, open grounds (or neutrals) and such and either shut you down or report the error, depending on how bad it is.
