Surge Protector?

Wardster wrote:
After one season rolling the dice, we just ordered the new Progressive Industries EMS-PT30X to protect our TC from potential electrical gremlins.

sorta neat, has a weather cover over plug
bumpy

After one season rolling the dice, we just ordered the new Progressive Industries EMS-PT30X to protect our TC from potential electrical gremlins.

When in a commercial CG I always use a surge protector. I plug the S/P into the pedestal and turn on the breaker. The S/P will indicate a neutral ground and any reverse wired conditions. If the S/P indicates all is well, I turn breaker off and connect to TC umbilical cord and turn the breaker at the pedestal back on.

The S/P hopefully will complete it's job of protecting my camper from any electrical surges. As others have mentioned, good idea to use a good quality surge protector.

Lakeside

I am seeking a surge device however I have also heard that some of the hard wired protectors block generator power. I dry camp as much as wet camp, and also have 428 watts pv on the roof, but that shouldnt matter. I would like to have it hard wired as its one less hing to do as opposed to plug in portables. Portables I just wouldnt plug it in with the genny.

Does anyone have any experience with using portable generators and hard wired surge protecters??

ended up in the wrong place. apologies :)

Mine has the bypass feature via the remote I have mounted inside.

which is why I wouldn't have one without a bypass feature.
bumpy

^^^^Someone who really knows will post, but I think you just need a "smarty plug". The Progressive is not seeing a ground when the generator is running.
I think, maybe, sorta.

I have a built in version of the Progressive unit. When I use my generators to power my A/C, I absolutely hate the thing, because it cuts power when the A/C tries to start, then the A/C won't start due to locked rotor stall, then the surge protector cuts power again.

The only way to get my generators to reliably run the A/C is to turn on my inverter and let the inverter start the A/C so it is up and running when the surge protector passes power. At that point, there's no "low voltage" as the A/C tries to start because it is already running.

Someday I will remove it and got for a portable unit.

2oldman wrote:

pianotuna wrote:
Why?Because the cheapo doesn't protect you from much.

It protects your wallet. :)

until that time that it doesn't. :s
bumpy