Discussion of surge protector survey results
Last week RVtravel.com ran a survey asking which brand of surge protector you used, or if you used any surge protector at all. As I’ve noted in other posts, any kind of surge device can only protect your RV from electrical problems that occur upstream of itself. So a pedestal-mounted surge protector will protect you from power problems coming in from the pedestal, but it can’t do anything about a failure in the wiring AFTER itself. That’s why I think that hard-wired surge protectors offer superior protection compared to portable units that plug into the campsite pedestal outlet...
Written by Mike Sokol | RVtravel