I Guess I Am Lucky
Bought a Surge Protector with a EMS a few months ago. Used it one time no problem. Went camping this past weekend, the electric pedestal had 50-30 and 20 amp outlets. When I walked up to the pedestal I noticed there was fresh dug dirty around it and it was leaning back. After looking around, I noticed that most of the electric pedestals where leaning back. After more observation, I noticed that all the electric pedestals where behind the drive that you parked your camper on, about 4 foot back. There was a parking bumper at the end of the driveway, but with the overhang on a camper it would not protect the pedestal. Campers where backing into the pedestals
Well I plug my EMS into the 50 AMP outlet, turn the breaker on. I waited, no green light. Looked at the read out and one leg was bouncing around with 58 to 62 Volts and another warning. Turned the breaker on and off a couple more time, same thing. Got a dogbone and plugged into the 30 AMP outlet, turned power on, everything OK. Good I had power for the weekend.
After thinking about this, if I did not have a EMS, and used the 50 AMP outlet, I would have had low voltage on one leg, which may have cause me problems in the future with my TT. I did not want to put the money out for a EMS, but now I can say it was money well spent.
Thanks guys for all the info on this.
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