kmayfield
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LUeno,
As others have stated, I would not be without one. We have had a 50A Surge Guard for 6 years, without any problems whatsoever. Ours is not hardwired. It is kept inline in the electric compartment (bay). I purchased a 50A extension to connect to shore power. Here is the link to the unit I have:
Surge Guard
Good luck!
Kevin & Janet
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brobox
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LUeno
If you do install the hardwired unit, the instruction say to cut your power cord and connect the cut off piece and the remaining cord to the EMS. I found it much easier to go to Home Depot and purchase a 1 foot piece of 50 AMP wire to make the connection and then connect your power cord, without cutting to the EMS unit. It is much easier to connect a new piece of wire than to cut a 50 amp cord. I wanted the extra foot of power cord as there have been several times that I needed the extra foot to plug in without adding a section of sewer hose to make my hookups possible.
I should have said to measure the wire you will need to connect the EMS to your existing power box then have Home Depot or Lowes cut it to size. Mine happen to be 12 inches. That sure made the job of hooking it up much easier.
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Harveyj
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I made the mistake of getting the portable unit from Progressive. It plugs into the pole and your power cord plugs into the unit.
Coming back from a day hike, I noticed that it was missing. along with my outside water filter.
Just a word of caution for those that might be considering the portable surge protectors.
My new one is hardwired....
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kmayfield
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LUeno,
To follow-up on Harveyj's comment, if you go with a portable unit you will definitely want to keep it inside your electric compartment as we do, if that is possible with your unit. Connected outside your unit, I'm sure they have a tendency to walk off.
Good luck!
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wny_pat
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To follow up more on Harveyj's comment, you can purchase a lock for the portable units. But then, locks are for honest people.
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brobox
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If you have room in your electrical compartment, most MH's do, hardwiring takes about 20 minutes to install. That is less time than hooking up a portable unit, locking it, unhooking and storing it in just few uses of the portable unit. Plus if it's raining outside most people will not stand outside to hook up and lock a portable unit and that's when lightning is more likely to strike is when it's raining. Here is a video that shows how easy it is to hardwire a Progressive EMS 50. Installation Video Again, I purchased a length of wire for a jumper instead of cutting my cord, less work and left me with a longer shore power cord.
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Maanpa
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ABSOLUTELY,cheap insurance. Do go with the hardwire.
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xctraveler
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LUeno,
Most surge protectors are installed between shore power and ATS (automatic transfer switch) will not do anything for genset power with that installation. You would need to install downstream of your ATS to do any good on genset power. I have 30 amp Surgeguard hardwired (shore power only) and have had at least one instance of finding a bad power supply and several instances (many) of having power cut off on low voltage and then automatic reset. This happens when I have too many resistance loads - heater, coffee maker and toaster and THEN DW hits the hair blower. At least I don't have to run around in the cold to reset the breaker on the pole.
Paul
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mscamping
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Yes I would have some sort of protection..Progressive is what we have hard wired in the electric compartment..One of the best accessories we've bought for the coach..
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Bea PA
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We did not hardwire ours. The last one was hardwired and when we changed coaches, had to buy another. We use the lock. I know.........folks, hubby didn't want to take it out.
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