skipnchar
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It would depend on the CAUSE of the problem. If it was caused by the electric company then they would be the one responsible for the damage. If it was defective equipment owned and installed by the campground the responsibility would likely be theirs.
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Just Bob
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I have the Progressive 50 amp portable. It tells me everything I need to know BEFORE I plug in the RV. Check out their website.
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gatoram
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Thanks for all the varied answers. I was just curious. i use a 50a plug-in protector. Works for me and it did show one of the legs were out at the time of the problem. Seems that a hard-wire surge protector would be standard equipment on rvs to protect all the sensitive electronics............
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I had a situation this past winter, the wiring my pedestal burnt to a crisp. Of course I lost all power to the coach. I have a progressive hard wired, thank goodness. I had no damage to any electronics. But, the cg managers insisted that I check all electronics, systems, appliances and if there was any damage they would cover any cost.
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JTHarley
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All good examples for having a surge protector. This was the first piece of equipment I bought at camping world many years ago. With all the electronics in coaches today I can't imagine camping anywhere without one. 2 years ago a campground we where at had a lightning strike and BOOM everything went black....people came walking out and looking around and then we heard generators coming on and people complaining that some items in the coach where FRIED.
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gatoram wrote:Thanks for all the varied answers. I was just curious. i use a 50a plug-in protector. Works for me and it did show one of the legs were out at the time of the problem. Seems that a hard-wire surge protector would be standard equipment on rvs to protect all the sensitive electronics............
On "better" grade of MoHo's they are / were std equipment.
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moisheh
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If the CG owns the transformer they indeed could be responsible.
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two travelers
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We have a hard wired Progressive surge protector. This box has saved us many times from over voltage (140 volts) to under voltage (97 volts). On a recent 10 day trip we had 2 instances of serious under voltage. Don't leave home with out one.
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crasster wrote:...Tell ya what, if I had a 1 million dollar DP, I would NEVER plug it in without some kind of massive protection.
value of the RV is irrelevent. i never plug in without first checking the voltage and polarity at the power pole.
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It would be a 1 in a million campground that owned and generated it's own power, back country Alaska excluded. How would you ever prove the damage occured at the park you say it did, that the voltage was actually 140 volts, that the damage was caused by that specific occurance, that the fault was not the power company's, but rather the park, etc etc etc. I think chasing the park or the power company would be a waste of time.
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