We also have a very good Surge Protector. It protects us both from Over-Voltage, and Under-Voltage. A cheap Surge Protector will only protect you from over-Voltage, or Spikes. We had an issue just last year. Where the power was fine the first night. The second night, the power dropped to 89 volts, for the rest of the night. Our Surge Protector did just as it was soupposed to do. It shut down in one Nano-second, so we suffered no damage at all. So we had to use nothing but 12 volts. The office was notified, but there was nothing that the could do, until morning. It turned out, a Big Class A had pulled in, and as soon as he plugged in his 50 amps cord, that is the exact moment that the power dropped to 89 volts. We also keep a Voltage Meter inside of our 5er so we always know what the incomming power is at. We were offered a free night, for the inconvence that the power had caused. But we declinded. As we found out that this RV Park, was just to old, and had had a lot of power issues almost daily. You bet we think a Good Surge Protector is worth its weight in gold. As ours, has saved us several times, and we have recieved no danage what so ever by using ours. And it has already paid for itself a few times over. Since it was winter, and no power to use, we were permitted to use our Generators for the night. It was such a shame, because this RV Park, sits right along side a Beautiful River. And the Owners were very nice people. But could not come up with the money to completly re-wire the entire campground. So they just try to fix what they can, and make the best of it. The campground is for sale, as the owners are just to old to deal with all of the problems, and don't have the resorces to have it fixed the right way. So this campground wil probably end up like a lot of other old campgrounds in the past. It will be sold, and turned into more homes or Condos. That is the real loss here. We would recommend a Good Surge Protector to anyone, as you never know when you just might need it. I would rather be safe, than sorry later. The cost of a good Surge protector, is more than worth the cost of $280.00 dollars. No Damage, No Down-Time, No Hassels. As it only takes one time, to due a lot of damage. Happy Camping, Dan & Jill
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My surge protector has been clicking on and off for two weeks now due to high voltage in our park. Up to 137 volts, according to the display. Betcha that's too high for the flashing gizmos in my trailer, including my laptop and TV.
You bethca too!
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I've been using surge protectors for years and surge protector or not, If the CG looses power, My fiver is unplugged until the power is restored and I check the pedestal myself with MY DVOM. Period.
In hindsight, all the campers that fried equipment could have saved themselves a big headache just by unplugging or killing the breaker until the power was checked.
captain037 wrote: Is a 50 amp service 110 or is it 220? I see that the 50A surge protectors on CW are rated at 240.
They are both.
The electrician made a big unprofessional mistake by not making sure no one was plugged in before testing the repair. Any good licensed electrician would test before allowing this to happen.
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All the electricians had to do was mistakenly wire the second 120 volt leg (phase) wire to what was supposed to be the neutral line to the CG 30 amp post breakers. The RV's would then receive 240 instead of 120 volts. A good RV Electrical Management System, though, would have automatically disconnected and prevented damage to the RV's equipment.
This is what happens when unqualified so called electrican do the work.
I don't care if it's one of the largest contactors or smallest. The California State Electrican Licience is a joke as it the contractors test. This would have a very easy thing to check and should have been done. You make sure all units are unpluged before turning the power back on, than check every pesdital before allowing any unit to plug back in.
So, lectricman52 - how do you know they were "unqualified"?
Let's assume the electricians and the contractor
were state licensed & even belong to the local "Local" - as you do -
how does one who is -NOT- an electrician - know who's good and who ain't ????
Ahhhhh - ask 'em? Bet they can blow just as much smoke!
And maybe somebody just simply screwed up. If NOBODY screwed up, there
wouldn't be any auto accidents, no need for CALOSHA, etc.
Monday morning quarterbacking doesn't help either -
somebody shoulda, sombody else shoulda, it the campers woulda, etc.
Maybe some of the folks are "oldies" in an old park - not as sharp as you!
Then there's the "what if's" that we don't know about either.
So - get's back to "bill socals" point for us mere mortals -
Protect yourself!
bruceandjenna wrote: My surge protector has been clicking on and off for two weeks now due to high voltage in our park. Up to 137 volts, according to the display. Betcha that's too high for the flashing gizmos in my trailer, including my laptop and TV.
Shouldn't bug your laptop. They are designed to be used anywhere in the world. The voltage in most of the rest of the world is 240V and it's 250V in China. 137 is no big deal to the adapter.
bruceandjenna wrote: My surge protector has been clicking on and off for two weeks now due to high voltage in our park. Up to 137 volts, according to the display. Betcha that's too high for the flashing gizmos in my trailer, including my laptop and TV.
Shouldn't bug your laptop. They are designed to be used anywhere in the world. The voltage in most of the rest of the world is 240V and it's 250V in China. 137 is no big deal to the adapter.
Thanks. Well, I fixed the problem. Got rid of my TV, and moved my trailer to Arizona.
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