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Old 11-24-2018, 07:13 AM   #6
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Why a surge protector?

Two types: portable and hardwired. Portable plugs into the pedestal and trailer plugs into it. Advantages: portable. Disadvantages: they can grow legs if not secured (added expense), if there is an issue during use, you have to walk outside to the pedestal to figure it out.

Hardwired: advantages: you can’t forget to use it, no one knows you have it, with remote display you can get the trouble code while still inside. Disadvantage: costs more and you have to mount it.

I too dodged a bullet for 20 years. I have the hardwired version with remote display, and have returned to previous campgrounds to find they have issues. Portable or hardwired is your choice, but I would say get something.
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