skipnchar wrote: For what it's worth, been RVing since the 50s in just about every KIND of RV and never have had one and never lost equipment.
I'm the same, We are living in our RV and there has been some real bad storms this spring/summer and we have not had any problems, Although I do use a meter so we can see the voltage from inside the RV and I have seen Low voltage drops from time to time but never a surge, I believe the big thing is to have a steel bar into the ground with a thick copper wire running to the frame of the RV, this will prevent any surge from smoking and thing in the RV.
Merry wrote: Will this one for around $100 work as well as the one for $300? Camping World
I clicked on this link and looked at all the specs of some of them they offer. THIS statement on one of them made me laugh and at the same time feel sorry for a new RV'er.
""Best used on entry level Travel Trailers and Pop-ups that have minimum electronics.""
DUH. Entry level or not most RV's all have the same basic electrical innards nowadays. Converters, micro and A/C are almost all standard equip. And how do they know how much personal electronics a person who buys an entry level has on board.
Ya the 42 ft DP owner is going to have a few more electrical gadgets he would have to replace if he got hit with a power surge.
But this statement is not only misleading it's down right WRONG!
To the OP and above reply'er!
One of the main differences between the lower priced and higher priced along with it's other capabilities....is some you have to manually reset, some auto reset. Both has its pro's and con's.
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so as to have the life that is waiting for us".
The answer is yes.I bought a Progressive EMS PT 30C,but like a fool did not read the instruction properly.After you plug in the unit there is a
time delay of 136 second before the power comes on.Not a defective unit
skipnchar wrote: For what it's worth, been RVing since the 50s in just about every KIND of RV and never have had one and never lost equipment.
I agree. I don't have one, either. Never have had one. Never had a problem.
The only "people I know or have heard of" that have had a problem are those who write scare storieson these forums.
It is just like any other "good insurance": IF you ever need it, it can be wonderful. IF you never need it, it is a waste of money. However, such "good insurance" policies DO give "peace of mind" to those who worry a lot. Those folks seem to be a VERY large portion of the populace these days.
As a side note, I don't use a water pressure regulator, either. No problems.
Well you have been lucky. So far I have never needed the benefit of my SurgeGuard but I still don't consider it wasted money. The water pressure regulator is a different story. In our old Shasta pop up, we set up at our campsite for a weeks vacation, hooked up the water hose turned on the spigot and promptly blew that line. Water everywhere, it was a nightmare and a pain in the butt to fix and clean up, plus lost two day of our vacation. 50 bucks would have saved us a lot of grief. You can bet I have one now.
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ASPENMAN wrote: MOWERMECH - Well with your run of good luck I guess it's time for you to cancel your health insurance and life insurance - Go Commando Dude -
Strange how some people just can't handle FACTS, they would rather deal with WHAT IF...
Well, as "they" say, "To each their own"...
I just completed an 800 to 900 mile trip, with NO troubles except for a few very minor ones. I read all the trouble reports posted on these forums, and I have to wonder what I am doing right, since I don't have all that many problems.
On second thought, perhaps it should be "What are those others doing WRONG??"
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nehuge wrote: I saw another forum on another site and the views were varied. I'm planning on running 2 desktop pc's. The pc's are plugged into a surge protector (power strip) on the inside of the rv into it's outlet. Is that enough to protect the computers or do I have to have the external one coming into the RV in the first place?
Buy a Surge Guard (or whatever you want) for the pedastal, and buy a 750VA UPS for the desktop PCs, computer monitors, switches, routers, and cell phone chargers. Hopefully you are using a KVM and only one computer monitor.
The below is a blanket statement as I don't know what devices you may have connected to the MH's AC outlet circuit:
Don't plug a printer or a flatbed scanner into the battery-side of the UPS as their motors can have power-on surges that will overwhelm a UPS. If you're going to use a printer you may find it necessary to shutdown the other PC prior to turning on the printer - to avoid tripping a circuit breaker. This may also mean turning off space heaters, hair dryers, toasters, curling irons, coffeee makers, yadda, yadda, yadda - as adding the printer to the collective drain on the AC outlet circuit may trip it.
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They are absolutely useless! until you need them!! A good one will let you know the voltage and cycles on each leg when you plug in! I guess its like making sausages, you really do not want to know. You would be surprised at the readings you get at different RV parks when you plug in. Your equipment may not break down immediately, but they are under a strain! Over time it will shorten you equipment life and you will have to replace things after a while! Hughes Autoformer and surge protection is cheap insurance and will pay for themselves!
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Entry level or not most RV's all have the same basic electrical innards nowadays. Converters, micro and A/C are almost all standard equip. And how do they know how much personal electronics a person who buys an entry level has on board. 
