Just got our RV back from the repair shop! We had a 5th wheel for 10 years then changed to a motorhome 5 years ago. We had our first electrical failure in October. The Surge, or whatever, fried our inverter and the circuit board that ran the heat in our bedroom. The cost was over $1,000, but only cost us the $100 deductible on our insurance.
We made our first post on this on 10/6/20 and have been doing a lot of research since then. One possibility was the hardwired Progressive EMS-HW50C. Then we started thinking about the post mounted EMS-PT50X so that we could check out the campground wiring before pulling out the extension cords.
After further research we have added the Southwire 34951 to the list.
As we understand it, the Progressive units have been around for about 10 years, so there are a lot of posts about them. The Southwire 34950 has been around only 2 or 3 years, so far less posts, and the 34951 is the new upgrade that includes a remote Bluetooth monitor.
There is a TechnoRV article that does a good job of comparing the two units:
Do you need an rv surge protectorIf we understand our research so far, both post units are about the same, Southwire costs a little more, Progressive take about 2 minutes to analyze the power while Southwire can do it in 10 seconds.
A big question to the group is: TechnoRV gives their gold star to the Southwire unit, does anyone know if the two companies are in any way related?
And of course; what are your opinions of the two units? Progressive EMS-PT50X vs Southwire 34950/34951
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Their inheritance is now a 2015 Forest River Georgetown 378XL
