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Old 04-20-2015, 06:46 PM   #13
ke0me
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Default Surge Guard dead

I knew I came to the right place!!

10 replies in 1 day. That's phenomenal.

I posted essentially the same message on the rv owners website, no replies.

Now, down to business.

Thanks for the variety of answers. First I will do the clunk test. If that fails, then I can open it up and check the solenoid. If that's not the issue, then I might check and see if its under warranty.

The decision to replace it is one of risk and inconvenience. If a fault actually occurs and somehow damages electrical devices, I have insurance. However, that will be a hassle and I'm full time, so that can be expensive housing for a while.

I concur that if the lightning hits close enough, all bets are off.

Doing the checks described are well advised, but since I'm always in a bit of a hurry to set up camp, I just like to plug it in and check back in 2 minutes.

I will say it showed faults twice- which would have been found also with the testing method described.

---once at a relatives house, using 110VAC, he had an open neutral that the unit picked up.
---At a KOA in an undisclosed location, the wiring was so bad (old, undersized, whatever) that the surge guard tripped out on low voltage.

So, it looks like to me to be a " piece of mind versus piece of gold" issue.

Thanks again for the info, I'll keep u posted on what I find.
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