Surge Protectors?

Ranger431 wrote:
How difficult is it to install a hard wired unit yourself? I'm pretty resourceful but definitely not an electrician..

Installation is easiest if you can readily access the main service cable where it enters the coach. In my current rig that happened to be right beside the sofa slide where the manufacturer had routed it first to a junction box where it was then connected to the cable that routed back to where the converter is located. I simply disconnected the wire splices in the box and wired my EMS in at this point. The first time I did this I had a TRC portable Surge Guard with it's own 30 amp RV connectors so I simply added another matching pair to the trailer wiring.



That Surge Guard saved me the first season so many times I decided to upgrade to a Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C hardwire unit so to install it I added a set of the same 30 amp RV connectors to it so I could also just plug it in.



I removed the EMS last fall when I prepped the trailer for winter storage so today when I bring the trailer home one of the first things I'll do is reinstall the EMS, which take all of seconds.

Here is a video on installation.
I just cut the cord a few feet from my breaker panel so I had plenty of slack to easily do the terminations. After the terminations, I mounted the EMS in the compartment where the cable is stored. Then I fished the phone cord for the remote display in a nearby wall to mount that.

How difficult is it to install a hard wired unit yourself? I'm pretty resourceful but definitely not an electrician..

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I have enough information now to make a intelligent decision. Thanks everyone for your info.

Griz14

It was so long ago, I can't remember :B

In which Anno Domini?

bobndot wrote:

temccarthy1 wrote:
I would just like to have a dollar for every time Westom said "anomaly" in this thread....

I once dated Anne Nomoli. :R

temccarthy1 wrote:
I would just like to have a dollar for every time Westom said "anomaly" in this thread....

I once dated Anne Nomoli. :R

Daulton wrote:
About the same experience one time in our Pace Arrow at a military camp ground in Washington. Nearly ruined our trip and took out the refrigerator. I still have the Progressive surge protector to use from now on.

I need to look behind the power panel to see how much room there is to mount an EMS internally before I decide which way to go.

Griz14

About the same experience one time in our Pace Arrow at a military camp ground in Washington. Nearly ruined our trip and took out the refrigerator. I still have the Progressive surge protector to use from now on.