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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In all my years of camping I had never used one but for some reason I recently decided to get a Surge Guard 30 amp portable unit (about $220 at CW). On the first trip with the unit we pulled into a horrible campground for an overnight. On the 30 amp plug the surge guard kept indicating reverse polarity/open ground. Using a dogbone I tried the 50 amp plug and the surge guard showed only 90 volts. Tried several other pedestals, we were the only ones there, with the same results. I can't begin to guess how many dollars damage I would have incurred had I not had the surge guard and had plugged into that power. I am sure many times the $220 I had spent on the surge guard. You can bet I will never again plug in without checking first.
