hard wire surge protector

Tequila wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
can you get to where your external cord is fastened? my friends winnie had one screw to remove cover, and front and center were the three bolts where cord attached. bought 3 ft of appropriate cable, hooked SP in a 15 minute job. I would NOT buy a hardwired SP unless it had a bypass feature.
bumpy

I disagree, they are there to protect your equipment. A bypass switch is like putting a switch on a smoke detector or a hunk of jumper wire in a fuse holder.

First I am assuming that the RV owner is smarter than a fifth grader. there are many things in the RV that can be safely run on lesser voltage/current/etc. It is silly to have to do without those items when they can be used. why do they put bypass switches into surge protectors in the first place if there is no function for them. but I disagree with posters who say to cut your existing electric cord to install them. just buy a 3-4 whatever length of appropriate wire which makes it easy to remove the SP when you go to sell your RV and can make it back to original condition without a shortened cord.
bumpy