curt12914 wrote:
Lynnmor wrote:
We had another reply bragging about all the fancy equipment and multiple air conditioners, that is not the subject at hand.
I wasn't bragging, merely stating a fact that covers most of the people on this site.
How many people have rigs that don't have more electronics than just a single AC unit and a refrigerator? I don't know the last time I was in any kind of newer rig that didn't have at least a TV and microwave.
Everyone on this site uses some sort of a device to access the internet, that range from very simple to very expensive. The vast majority charge them from shore power in their rig.
My point was that it would be very easy to lose a lot of electronic devices that could easily exceed the cost of a surge suppressor with one electrical "event".
TVs, computers and even your "converter" all use "switching power supplies" now days. Switching power supplies simply do not care if you are feeding it less than 120V, in fact they don't care if it is pure sinewave, MSW, squarewaves or heck believe it or not feed it with DC voltages high enough to start the chopper in the power supply.
Much of what many people think are "sensitive" electronics in reality are not "sensitive".
Switching power supplies for 120V often will have a voltage "range" of 108V-130V 50hz/60hz, that is not my idea of being "sensitive"..
Some switching power supplies are dual voltage and or "auto ranging" and are capable of 108V-260V 50hz/60hz operation.
If some sort of add on "protection" makes you sleep better then use it.
Myself, I am not losing sleep over it and I don't have add on "protection"..
