Surge Protectors?
I have never used one but was wondering if I should be or are they a waste of money. Thanks, Griz14
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hbrady wrote:
Experienced a few power issues last year so I'm buying one before an expensive repair is needed. I've been looking at the CAMPCO 55301, it's about $60 less than Progressive unit BUT, it attaches at the post which means it's ripe for sticky fingers to pick. Now I'm rethinking my choice :R
The Camco units like those from TRC carry a one year warranty, those from Progressive Industries carry a lifetime warranty. If you have a Progressive portable unit that fails you have to ship the unit to them for repair or replacement but if you have hard wire unit you can field repair it yourself with parts that Progressive will mail to you via USPS. Delay for the portable versions is fixed at 136", delay for the hard wire versions can be set for either 15" for convenience or 136" to protect an A/C unit which doesn't have built in delay. Since the hard wire unit is also field serviceable it's also possible to re-calibrate it against a DVM of known calibration - exactly what I did with my own unit which was set ~ 1.5 volts higher than it should have been. My advice - once you decide an EMS is worth the investment don't penny pinch. ;)
Pics of my own Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C are in my gallery for anyone interested.
