I think I know the answer to this question but would like to put it out there, do the warranties, extended or new, protect the appliances against the power surges that may happen?
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i would think most people wouldn't even know when and if a power surge caused appliance failure. i have seen surge protectors for sale but expensive and they simply plug into the exterior line. thats alot of money to be just hanging outside. any inline permenant surge protectors out there?
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Yes, a good Surge Protecter is expensive. Either the Hard-Waired or the Portable One. We bought the expensive 30 AMP Poprtable one, when they first came out, and it has saved us a few times, and has more than paid for itself aleady. When you think about how much money that you have invested in your RV, and how many electrial items that are in your power system, with circuit boards, and such, I call it pretty cheap insurance. If you read this months Highways Magizine, you will see a 30 AMP Portable Surge Protector, that caught fire,from a power surge, but noting was ruined in their RV. All of the other RV'ers around them took a lot of damage to there Furances, there Fridges, there TV, A/C's and there Hot Water Tanks, basically anything with a circuit board, or plugged in, when a power surge hits your RV, is tosted. I would much rather replace a Surge Protector that did its job protecting our RV, than have to replace maybe the entire RV itself. Even all of the Circuit Boards are more expensive than the Surge protector is. Its just about choices, and how much you like your RV. The 30 AMP Surge Protector that burned, is probably a one in a million chances of catching on fire, but the owners rushed right out, and replaced it with a new one. Ours has never caught fire, nor have I ever heard of any other one ever catching fire. They just normally shut down, until the proper voltage is reached, and re-set them selfs, as does ours. But one thing is for sure, as many campgrounds that we have seen over the last 40+ years, with weak power supplys, and spikes, and Surges, we will always have a Surge Protector to keep our RV safe. We also keep a Voltage Meter always plugged inside of our RV, so we can monitor our incomming voltage. Good Luck. Happy Camping, Dan & Jill
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I've read on here that some comprehensive insurance policies will cover this problem, but a good surge protector can help prevent it in the 1st place plus will protect you from hazards that happen more frequent than surges (such as high/low voltage, high/low Hz, reversed polarity, open ground/neutral pedestal problems) which can shorten appliance life without you even knowing about them.
Click HERE Surge protection Comparison chart. The higher the Joules rating the better the surge protection. This chart was created by a Progressive vendor but is very accurate except that they didn't include SurgeGuard's newer 50 amp hardwired unit & it is very comparable to Progressives but is more expensive.
Click HERE for Progressive's website.
Click HERE for SurgeGuard's website.
The remote monitor available with the hardwired units is very informative. It continually provides current voltage, Hz, amps, past & present problem codes.
Dave
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TandA-n-Mac wrote: i would think most people wouldn't even know when and if a power surge caused appliance failure. i have seen surge protectors for sale but expensive and they simply plug into the exterior line. thats alot of money to be just hanging outside. any inline permenant surge protectors out there?
If you think a surge protector is expensive at $269, price out replacing all of your electronics.
Yes, there are hard wired ones, but I put my portable in a basement compartment, out of sight, out of mind. just run a cord from there to the post.
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After my electrician finished installing the electrical pedestal (which is wired correct) at home, I decided I wanted a shorter, more manageable shore cord for home. I've wired 50a circuits and 220. I must have had a bit too many "cold daddy's" prior to making the connections. The way I wired it, I sent 220v to one leg of the rv, taking out my refridge & xantrex inverter. Luckily xantrex fixed it under warranty because it was only a fuse. Dometic is onky covering a small portion of the refridge, the rest comes out of my pocket.
I am now looking at the Progressive surge/voltage protector.
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A voltage spike at an RV Park in Oregon wiped out:
1) Factory surge protector
2) Converter
3) 32" SHARP Aquos LCD
4) DVD Player
5) DVD/Surround Sound Power Module
Could have been much worse for sure. 'New Horizons' replaced everything for free, (shipped it out to me from Kansas), and because of the failure of the factory installed surge protector, we both decided to use a portable surge guard at the electrical box as well.
'New Horizons' was pretty surprised to hear of the failure, but sure did stand behind everything.
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