Surge protector?

downtheroad wrote:
If you get a "surge" protector, make sure it is one that also shuts down your incoming power if a low voltage conditions occurs.

Word 'surge' is a misnomer for a long list of anomalies. Even reverse polarity is assumed by many to be a surge.

List of anomalies that might be called a surge is long. Nothing protects from all. A protector so often needed when camping is completely different from one recommended for homes. And completely different for one that is located adjacent to appliances.

Reverse polarity is not a threat to any appliances. It is a threat to human life. Low voltage is completely irrelevant to electronics appliances and can be problematic for motorized appliances (ie air conditioner). Different anomalies create different problems.

Surges that occur in microseconds cannot be stopped. Surge that is only an overvoltage is averted by a protector that disconnects - that takes almost forever to disconnect - milliseconds. Campers, at minimum should have a protector that detects overvoltage, reverse polarity, low volt voltage, and missing safety ground. What a protector does can only be determined in specifications.

Different protectors protect from different anomalies - all called surges.