Surge protectors... Do you use them?
I don't do a lot of full hook up camping but when I have I never thought about using a surge protector. The subject came up around the campfire this past weekend and out of 8 couples nobody was using ...
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Bedlam wrote:
They will burn up first to protect downstream circuits. Once they have absorbed that energy, they typically will no longer pass power whether good or bad.
You have confused something called a 'surge protector' with something completely different called a 'surge protector'. A device so necessary for RVs respond to a low voltage. You have described something completely different that responds to high voltages (typically thousand volts for microseconds).
Protectors that burn up on either surge are ineffective - best considered a scam. Both type of protectors should not 'burn up' on an anomaly they are designed to protect from. Surge protectors that do 'burn up' are often grossly undersized to increase profits. By failing catastrophically, those ineffective protectors get naive consumers to recommend it and buy more.
Relevant here is a type of protector offered by Progressive and other manufacturers. That protector is irrelevant for protection typically required in homes.
