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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Sep 23, 2015

Transient Voltage Spike Protection Home Made Device

I'm stubborn. When I found out how stupidly expensive adequate "Surge Protectors" cost, I hit the roof. Screw that. I ordered the components. Designed for 180 volt peak-to-peak protection ((the sta...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Sep 25, 2015
Hi,

If I understand Gde, If I plug in a regular surge suppressor I get some coverage to the entire RV on a 30 amp circuit. How much protection depends on the capacity of the particular device.

For a 50 amp service I'd need to use a surge device on each leg.

Is that correct?

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