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โApr-22-2016 06:46 PM
westom wrote:Gene_M wrote:
So I will be going with only a hardwired device at this time, I just have to make up my mind if I want to install it before or after the transfer switch.
That works just fine for the overwhelming most anomalies seen in a campground. Mounting it to also 'protect' from a generator typically does little to nothing useful. Since a good generator already makes those 'protected from' anomalies irrelevant. The anomalies that a good protector protects from are unique to AC power in campgrounds.
โApr-22-2016 02:39 PM
Tgator1 wrote:
Someone commented that it should not be installed if RV has an inverter.
โApr-22-2016 02:23 PM
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โApr-22-2016 11:56 AM
Tgator1 wrote:
Are the hard wired units "diy", or do they require a licensed electrician to install?
โApr-22-2016 10:29 AM
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โApr-22-2016 06:43 AM
Gene_M wrote:
So I will be going with only a hardwired device at this time, I just have to make up my mind if I want to install it before or after the transfer switch.
โApr-21-2016 09:23 AM
westom wrote:Gene_M wrote:
Progressive Industries Portable Electrical Management Systems (EMS) provide full RV protection against all adverse power conditions. You will feel secure with multi-mode surge, voltage, polarity and lost/open neutral protection.
Without numbers for each feature, then nobody can answer honestly. Even a knot tied in a power cord is protection from some of those anomalies - as long as we forget to include numbers.
Progressive protects from some anomalies (called surges) such as insufficient voltage. Specification numbers are essential to say how much; either near zero or effective.
A 'whole house' protector does not claim to protect from common anomalies found in campgrounds - ie insufficient voltage.
'Whole house' protection does protect from direct lightning strikes if properly installed. That means it must connect low impedance (ie less than 10 feet) to what harmlessly absorbs hundreds of thousands of joules. That same low impedance requirement is why a Progressive must connect at the pole (as close as practicable to an earth ground electrode) to provide similar protection.
A 'whole house' protector (or Progressive) too close to appliances and too far from earth ground (ie inside a camper) means protection from that type of surge has been compromised.
Effective answers require numbers. Any claim without numbers can all but prove it can save the world. Each and different anomaly (all called surges) must be discussed individually and quantitatively to have a useful answer. That quote is best ignored since each claim is only subjective (qualitative).
โApr-21-2016 05:36 AM
โApr-20-2016 08:20 PM
Gene_M wrote:
Progressive Industries Portable Electrical Management Systems (EMS) provide full RV protection against all adverse power conditions. You will feel secure with multi-mode surge, voltage, polarity and lost/open neutral protection.
โApr-20-2016 07:18 PM