Surge Guards, to buy or not to buy
Ok how many folks out there have surge guards, and how many wish they had bought one. I got some fathers day money for camping world and I am looking at Surge Guards . In walking around the camp gro...
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2Shays3712 wrote:
Have had both Progressive and SurgeGuard. A couple years ago, RV park got hit by lightning about 150ft from our trailer and tripped our 30A SurgeGuard plugged into the pole. Ruined 3-4 campers weekend near us and the park model next to us. Heard later several microwaves and one fridge had to be replaced. Anything is better than being plugged direct to the pole. Would spend the money for the Progressive because of low and high voltage monitoring. Ours has tripped for both reasons recently. We now unplug from the pole when we are going to be gone during inclement weather as a precaution . Lots of lightning storms that come up quickly in the summer in the mountains!
I also place jacks and landing gear on 4" X 6" wooden blocks with plastic pads on top of the blocks as a precaution. Not sure it will protect us from a direct hit, but just another precaution. Have had the hair raised on my head as a kid when a lightning strike was near while on a tractor. Not afraid, but have a healthy respect for lightning!
Agree with the use of Progressive....we had the same thing happen in our seasonal site. Many units around us had major problems.....we were protected by the Progressive unit and had zero issues. More than paid for itself (about 5 times above cost) on one occasion. No brainer!
