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Originally Posted by Kdsgone2dogs
Best part about our new rig??? It has built in surge protector...wired directly in. You can see the surge guard in the bay where the electrical cord is.
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Hi, That built in surge protector is a plus BUT you still need a more complete electrical monitor AT THE PARK PEDESTAL.
Look at a Progressive Industries EMS-PT30X or PT50X. These not only protect your coach from surges entering your coach but inform you AND protect you from badly wired, shorted or insufficient voltage RV Park Power Pedestals.
Our 2017 Adventurer as the same built in "surge protection" but that's all it can do and it's just not enough.
While I've not had any appliances ruined by bad power, my Progressive PT50X has found pedestals with reversed polarity, bad circuit breakers, and massive voltage drops in the past two years of travel. In each case, the PT50X not only notified me of the issues but blocked the coach from receiving power from the bad pedestal. In each case we were able to move to a different site or they sent a repair man that fixed the issue with their pedestal on the spot.
The surge protector on your new RV is the bare minimum type of device - don't rely on it alone.
Sorry to be the barer of bad news.
Here's how it was presented to me when I asked this same question:
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f54/surge...ml#post4682591