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10-08-2011, 04:03 PM
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Progressive Industries HW-50C installed!
I finally decided to install the Progressive Industries HW-50C Electrical Management System. Hated to spend that money, but kept reading where somebody else had burned up all their equipment because of electrical problems.
I chose the hardwired model with the remote display because I was concerned about somebody stealing the portable model. About halfway through the installation, struggling with the #6 AWG wires, I wished I had gone with the portable! Man, those wires are STIFF ! Anyway, that's one more worry off my shoulders, and my sore hands will eventually get back to normal!
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10-08-2011, 04:11 PM
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You'll be glad you did
Good move.
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10-08-2011, 04:13 PM
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I feel your pain. I went thru the same thing on my camper. Afterward, I ordered some SO cord so that if I ever had to go back into it, I coult do it differently. Also bought some splices just in case I ever had to bypass if it failed and the built in bypass didn't work while we were on the road somewhere.
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10-08-2011, 04:18 PM
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Love ours. I wired it in using 50 plugs and receptacles so I can remove it from the circuit if I wanted to, or if I wanted to add a auto-former.
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10-08-2011, 04:22 PM
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Probably one of the best installations I have seen is this one. It allows for BOTH hard wired OR portable use by simply wiring in outlets inside the RV so that you can either plug a (portable or built-in) protector INSIDE the RV (use it in the built-in mode) or remove the protector and use it at the pedestal like a portable protector.
Still doesn't make messing with AWG#6 any easier though....
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/surg...tml#post442096
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10-08-2011, 04:49 PM
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That is exactly what I did.
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Originally Posted by ottffss
Probably one of the best installations I have seen is this one. It allows for BOTH hard wired OR portable use by simply wiring in outlets inside the RV so that you can either plug a (portable or built-in) protector INSIDE the RV (use it in the built-in mode) or remove the protector and use it at the pedestal like a portable protector.
Still doesn't make messing with AWG#6 any easier though....
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/surg...tml#post442096
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10-08-2011, 05:04 PM
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Dale Sumner from the Mobile RV Medic did it "This Way!"
I like it!
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10-08-2011, 05:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvman44
Love ours. I wired it in using 50 plugs and receptacles so I can remove it from the circuit if I wanted to, or if I wanted to add a auto-former.
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I thought about doing that, but decided it would make it too easy for someone to steal!
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10-08-2011, 05:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ottffss
Probably one of the best installations I have seen is this one. It allows for BOTH hard wired OR portable use by simply wiring in outlets inside the RV so that you can either plug a (portable or built-in) protector INSIDE the RV (use it in the built-in mode) or remove the protector and use it at the pedestal like a portable protector.
Still doesn't make messing with AWG#6 any easier though....
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/surg...tml#post442096
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Is that inside the living area, or in a storage compartment?
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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10-08-2011, 06:00 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DriVer
Dale Sumner from the Mobile RV Medic did it "This Way!"
I like it!
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Yeah, that looks good! Mine is sitting beside the generator ATS.
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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10-08-2011, 06:21 PM
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I went with the portable last winter and it hasn't grown legs yet. Thanks for the reminder, good quality chain is on my shopping list for Lowes tomorrow.
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10-08-2011, 07:04 PM
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Mine is in the storage area.
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10-08-2011, 07:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ottffss
Probably one of the best installations I have seen is this one. It allows for BOTH hard wired OR portable use by simply wiring in outlets inside the RV so that you can either plug a (portable or built-in) protector INSIDE the RV (use it in the built-in mode) or remove the protector and use it at the pedestal like a portable protector.
Still doesn't make messing with AWG#6 any easier though....
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/surg...tml#post442096
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I don't think you can use the hard wired one outside in the elements.
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10-08-2011, 07:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by clifftall
I don't think you can use the hard wired one outside in the elements.
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Excellent point, so buy the portable protector and wire the shore power bay with plugs and use the portable in either position (bay or pedestal).
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