Surge Supressors

[r2pipes]

Just picked up a new Jayco 321 Fifth wheel. Since most manufacturers do include any type of surge suppression, I have always purchased a post type suppressor just for the added protection. I am now looking at a Progressive Industries HW-50 that will provide surge protection as well as additional filtering of the incoming electric. This "better" system will provide surge protection as well as current deviation protection. I am questioning if this really needed or is it over kill. I can see surges in the line but is a drop or deviation in current common enough to justify the cost of a suppressor like the HW-50, about $300. Anyone had any experience with this..

[2naEagle]

I have the ssp-50xl at the pedestal. The autoformer hooked up in the basement. And the EMS-HW50C in the trailer.

[Bumpyroad]

Coach-man wrote:

Go for it, a lot of people go for the built in type, but with the portable, you can easily move it to your next RV!

I would suggest if you are hard wiring one, to buy a short 3-4 ft? length of appropriate wire, hook that up to RV then to SP and original cable to SP. then it is easy to restore the system to factory specs.
bumpy

[time2roll]

popeyemth wrote:
Anyone know of any Black Friday deals ?
Or cyber Monday?

Did you even look?

http://www.progressiveindustries.net/

[Racine96]

Progressive
Worth every penny.

[pianotuna]

Hi,

For a 50 amp RV go to the top of the line PI unit.

I prefer to use an autoformer to correct low voltage. I've added surge suppression to my Sola Basic. I'm in a 30 amp RV and always check shore power before I plug in.

[popeyemth]

Anyone know of any Black Friday deals ?
Or cyber Monday?

[Me_Again]

RustyJC wrote:

DKRITTER wrote:
We had an Open Neutral in our cord and it did extensive damage to the trailer.

We had a Surge Guard on the post, however since the problem was after the SG it did nothing to help. Had we had the HW-50 we would not have had an issue. We now have a HW-50 and love it. So yes a hard wired system is worth it.

The same thing happened to our daughter and son-in-law. The pedestal mounted protection device couldn't detect the open neutral in the shore power cord. The result was over $7,000 in damages. They now have a hard wired Progressive Industries EMS-HW50C system that monitors power as it enters the RV's power distribution panel.

Rusty

Connection is power cord reels are also noted to cause loss of one or more leads. Again in 50 amp service the loss of neutral puts 240V across 120V devices and they get fried. TV, Microwave, refer, converters, on and on. HW is the way to go. Chris

[LandYachtReviva]

Low voltage can be as damaging as slightly high voltage.

I have used the top of the line sp since I starting RVing.

[RustyJC]

DKRITTER wrote:
We had an Open Neutral in our cord and it did extensive damage to the trailer.

We had a Surge Guard on the post, however since the problem was after the SG it did nothing to help. Had we had the HW-50 we would not have had an issue. We now have a HW-50 and love it. So yes a hard wired system is worth it.

The same thing happened to our daughter and son-in-law. The pedestal mounted protection device couldn't detect the open neutral in the shore power cord. The result was over $7,000 in damages. They now have a hard wired Progressive Industries EMS-HW50C system that monitors power as it enters the RV's power distribution panel.

Rusty

[Dick_B]

For previous posts search this Forum for `surge'...

[Coach-man]

It is like insurance, you hope you never need it, but so glad you have it when you do! Not over kill at all, low voltage is a common problem in RV parks, especially in the summer when everyone runs their A/C! Go for it, a lot of people go for the built in type, but with the portable, you can easily move it to your next RV!

[Me_Again]

Loss of neutral on 50 amp service will fry most of your electrical items. I installed the hardwired one with the remote, top right.

[Bumpyroad]

r2pipes wrote:
I am questioning if this really needed or is it over kill. I can see surges in the line but is a drop or deviation in current common enough to justify the cost of a suppressor like the HW-50, about $300. Anyone had any experience with this..

yes, don't cheap out on protection.
bumpy

[DKRITTER]

We had an Open Neutral in our cord and it did extensive damage to the trailer.

We had a Surge Guard on the post, however since the problem was after the SG it did nothing to help. Had we had the HW-50 we would not have had an issue. We now have a HW-50 and love it. So yes a hard wired system is worth it.

[Mandalay_Parr]

I bought mine 11 years ago. Paid over 400 then.
My neighbor had a lot of damage when the campground had an underground fault.
High voltage can fry a lot of stuff.