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12-09-2016, 12:07 AM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Fresno, California
Posts: 49
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Surge Protector and anti theft
I have been reading about protecting your surge protector from being stolen while connected at a hook up site.
Doesn't the SP have a male and female on each end?
Can I buy a non hardwired SP, cut my cable at about 2 feet long and put a new male end on my cable, then plug the new male end into the SP, add a new female end to my cable that is now 2' shorter and plug onto the SP, then keep it locked up in my electrical storage bin and just plug in like normal.
When I sell my MH for a new one, I remove the SP from the loop and use the cord as an extension by the new owner of my coach, and I get to keep my investment.
Seems like all MH should come this way.
Help me understand this before I jump into the expensive purchase.
Thank you.
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33' 2005 Winnebago Voyage 33V getting out each month Say hi if your from Central California
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12-09-2016, 08:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 185
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesnJulie
When I sell my MH for a new one,
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IMHO I would:
#1) Install a less expensive hard wired in current coach.
#2) Order new coach with surge protection.
C.B.
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12-09-2016, 08:37 AM
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National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: Covington, GA
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I have an extra 240 receptacle into which I plus the cable comming from the transfer switch when not connected to shore power. Becasue the surge protector is in the hatch witht he transfer switch it won;t be forgotten on the power pole and can be locked in the hatch.
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12-09-2016, 08:40 AM
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I installed my portable in the service bay.
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12-09-2016, 10:06 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Portable installed in the electric bay is a good way to go IMHO. Provides advantages of both portable and hard wired unit.
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12-09-2016, 03:28 PM
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Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Portable surge guards have male and female plug/socket, very short (close coupled) leads.. Yes you can open them up and install longer cords/pigtails.
Hard wired come w/o courds but there is no reason you can not buy either a male or female pigail and the matching plug/outlet and make it "pluggable" so you can easily remove it when you "Upgrade" your RV.
Now, once you have the unit properly configured.. Read the instructions for installing a HUGHES autoformer for how to "Install" it.
Mine is a portable. The plan is to "install" it post auto-former Using the autoformer install method as described.. I'll need to put some longer cords on it to do that though.
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12-09-2016, 04:13 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Columbus, MS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clifftall
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That's the only way I would buy a portable one!  
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12-09-2016, 05:30 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Solo Rvers Club
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Here is how I solved that problem at very low cost and trouble 
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12-09-2016, 06:02 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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All good ideas, but I have a simple solution. I just use a long shackle padlock and lock the shore power cable to the surge protector by looping the cables together and clamping them together with the padlock. Simple, quick, and cheap.
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12-11-2016, 10:54 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: SoCal
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Unplanned
All good ideas, but I have a simple solution. I just use a long shackle padlock and lock the shore power cable to the surge protector by looping the cables together and clamping them together with the padlock. Simple, quick, and cheap. |
Ummmmm...what prevents a thief from simply cutting your shore power cable off and walking away with the surge protector, end of cable, and lock?
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