SoundGuy wrote:
If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds.
TechWriter wrote:
Doing this would probably put you in violation of Progressive's Limited Warranty as it would be an "unauthorized modification".
No question, but I gave that up long ago when I modded the time delay jumper by installing a switch for more convenient operation. ๐
Over the winter I pulled the entire guts out of the Progressive box and mounted them in a larger tool box so loss of warranty at this stage is for me a non-issue. Live dangerously. ๐
SoundGuy wrote:Lantley wrote:
Maybe I should get a hardwired model and put male and female ends on it and plug it into the pedestal :S
Technically one could BUT the hard wire models use a separate plug in monitor, connected to the EMS with a 16' length of cable, so you'd have to make sure that monitor is always plugged into the EMS before powering it up. Cumbersome, to say the least. :SLantley wrote:
If you are going to cut wires anyway why not get a hardwired model:h
If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds. :B
If you add wire beyond the EMS then you just need to reconnect the existing wire to the panel. That is how I plan to install my hard wired unit.
I think not being able to see the display, would be a bigger issue. We got our Progressive %) amp unit for $299 on Amazon, with very nice remote display.
Lantley wrote:
Maybe I should get a hardwired model and put male and female ends on it and plug it into the pedestal :S
Technically one could BUT the hard wire models use a separate plug in monitor, connected to the EMS with a 16' length of cable, so you'd have to make sure that monitor is always plugged into the EMS before powering it up. Cumbersome, to say the least. :S
Lantley wrote:
If you are going to cut wires anyway why not get a hardwired model:h
If you buy a hard wire model and wire it in as recommended you can't later remove it without opening it up and removing that wiring. I side stepped this issue myself by adding matching sets of 30 amp connectors to my own EMS-HW30C so I can remove it from the trailer in seconds. :B
diazr2 wrote:
You won't have to cut the main wire, inside the rig you will find the big wire connected at a junction box. You can connect the protector with the wires inside the junction box.
The OP says he has a portable surge protector so if he wants to install it inside his rig of course he will have to add connectors that will plug into his unit - one male, one female. I did just this a few years ago in my own trailer when I installed a portable TRC EMS and located it under the sofa. Since mine was a 30 amp version I used matching 30 amp TT-30 connectors, obviously those with a 50 amp version would need to use TT-50 connectors.
The only comment I would add is that hopefully when the OP said "surge protector" what he really means is he purchased an EMS w/surge protection as a surge protector alone, while useful, won't protect his rig from the many vagaries of incoming source power as will an EMS.
