bailer6334
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This subject comes up often. Some say they have never used one and don't plan on getting one. Others say they do use them.
My question to you. Is a $250-$400 investment worth protecting a $$$$$ trailer. Only you can decide and take the risk or not.
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wintersun
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Most surge protectors are junk regardless of the price. I trust only line conditioners if I suspect a bad power supply. If I expect a storm and electrical surges I disconnect everything as that is the best surge protection you can get.
Worst are the ones with no light to tell you when the little MOV chip inside has blown on the cheap surge protectors. Once the MOV has blown the surge protector is much worse than no protector at all.
More electronic equipment is damaged from voltage sags than from surges unless you happen to live in Florida (lightning capital of the world) or Texas.
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capndan771
Northern Michigan
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Just bought one for this season camping. Risked it for two years until my wife pointed out that $350 was cheap insurance for a $150K motorhome. Couldn't argue with her rational, especially with several trips and thousands of miles planned for this year. One less break down that can be averted.
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cekkk
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I've had a hard-wired unit in both of our two TTs, and last year at a KOA in northern Colorado we came in after hours in the rain. The first two sites I plugged into had some type of problem as no juice flowed through the unit. Not sure what the problem was, but it may have saved a problem. Wouldn't be without one.
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JcoFS3500
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pianotuna wrote:Hi,
The problem with current technology is that the low voltage cut off is already in the range that may cause permanent damage to motors such as the air conditioner.
I am uncomfortable running below 109 volts. ymmv.
My solution to that is to use an autoformer AFTER the surge protector. If the surge protector allows down to 102V, the autoformer brings that up to 112V. Yes, the autoformer will boost voltages down to 95V but that only increases to 104V which I'm not comfortable with.
I understand that there are differing views on which should be first but for me, I prefer to run the surge protector first for the reason listed above. Others may feel otherwise and I respect that. As you said, YMMV.
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ol Bombero-JC
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skipnchar wrote:I've never used one.
I've never used my:
Auto insurance
or Homeowners Insurance.
Guess I don't need either..
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LarryJM
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:skipnchar wrote:I've never used one.
I've never used my:
Auto insurance
or Homeowners Insurance.
Guess I don't need either..
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Exactly 
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Mortimer Brewster
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I also have an EMS unit from Progressive Industries. For electrical storms that are real active, I disconnect the power anyway and make sure the plug isn't sitting on the ground. At my house I disconnect the TVs and computer. A surge fried the circuit board in our washer a few years back, so I unplug that as well.
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mikeleblanc413
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Retired Phone Man said, "...There are two type of protection. The basic Surge Protector which gives you protection from spikes only and the EMS unit that handles spikes but also handles high and low voltage and checks for miss-wired power."
That is what we use...when the voltage is too high or to low, it cuts the power off to the unit...when the voltage returns to normal...the electricity is turned by on...WE LOVE IT!!!
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husk
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If the campground voltage is too low, what can be done about it? If you have a device that tells you the voltage is too low to run the A/C, you have to go without A/C...Does the EMS shut down the A/C if the voltage falls too low?
I am a know-nothing about the high/low campground voltage problems...
Is there anything on the market that steps the voltage up automatically if the voltage drops so low that trying to run the A/C could damage the compressor?
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