SurgeGuard warns of a pedastal problem

[Redterpos3]

As I arrived at my current campsite I hooked up my surgeguard as I started my regular routine. I didn't think anything of it, until I get back to it after awhile and it was showing a red warning sign of "reverse polarity". First time! I called the campground, waited about 45 min. Couldn't continue with setup as not sure if I was staying in that campsite or not (while I waited I carried my surgeguard around to all the empty campsites to check all of those for fun---they were all good!) Electrician shows up, and fixes the problem!! Just a little snafu, but now very glad I have my surgeguard to let me know when things aren't just right!! Nice to know that these precautions are important to take!!

[bob213]

When you consider that a lot of CG's will just have an employee go out and install a new plug etc. there is a big chance for mistakes. Reverse polarity is simply having white on brass instead of black, but could still have serious problems in the right circumstance. Glad your SurgeGuard caught it and am always amazed when I see people plug in without a SurgeGuard, EMS or anything to check the pedestal.