Re: Lightning protection Reply #20 – September 04, 2018, 07:38:32 pm Quote from: wolfe10 – September 04, 2018, 07:04:53 pmEMS's are worth .001% for lightening.Again, DISCONNECT FROM SHORE POWER.Agree Brett, but occasionally, owners are away from their coach when the unpredicted thunderstorm crops up. What individuals need to consider is that the quality of surge protectors vary. As the number three thing to do, I advocate the Progressive Industries Hardwired unit to afford reasonable protection when they happen to be absent and can't remove the shorepower connection. A very high percentage of the time a lightening strike won't be a direct hit. It will be that coach somewhere else in the park and the PI EMS would hopefully, under those circumstances, be enough.From PI's literature:"The Progressive Industries EMS-HW50C Hardwire 50 Amp RV Surge Protector provides full RV protection against all adverse power conditions.Surge Protection is 5-mode / 3,580J / 88,000A - full surge protection L-N, L-G, L-L and N-G."HTH,Neal Quote Selected
Re: Lightning protection Reply #21 – September 04, 2018, 07:55:32 pm Quote from: Neal Pillsbury – September 04, 2018, 07:38:32 pmAgree Brett, but occasionally, owners are away from their coach when the unpredicted thunderstorm crops up. I advocate the Progressive Industries Hardwired unit to afford reasonable protection when they happen to be absent and can't remove the shorepower connection. A very high percentage of the time a lightening strike won't be a direct hit. It will be that coach somewhere else in the park and the PI EMS would, under those circumstances, be enough. X2 Neal....Spending summers up in NE Arizona, we get the 'soons before we know it, and many times we are away when they hit. After a 'hit' to our park a few years ago, something crawled through our pedestal, fried both cable ends, the connection at the wet bay and trashed the ATS. Could have burned the coach down. THAT is why I bought the pedestal-mount Progressive EMS! Quote Selected
Re: Lightning protection Reply #22 – September 04, 2018, 08:52:54 pm I assume it would be best practice to raise the leveling Jack's or is this overkill. Could make some rubber pads out of stable mats for the Jack's. Quote Selected
Re: Lightning protection Reply #23 – September 04, 2018, 09:14:07 pm Well, in a really big storm it might help. I am not sure any rubber pads would help but might be better than nothing. Raising them might be best. Your own safety is more important than your coach. If the weather is really severe seek shelter in an appropriate place. And I agree, disconnect your land line for the duration. Quote Selected
Re: Lightning protection Reply #24 – September 05, 2018, 12:57:12 pm Chances of a direct strike seem to be statically 1 in 300,000. Would you bet on that horse? Not enough to be concerned about. it's a local strike that will likely be your biggest problem. Surges coming down the line will cause all sorts of havoc. We had a close strike at our last house. It got our cable box, I saw the flash, but nothing else was harmed. My neighbor had one electrical outlet catch fire.Had a huge hit on the Police Dept. emergency antenna. Blew out every circuit in the building except those on the emergency generator circuits (phew). Destroyed 3 out of four consuls in the 911 center. A small ball of plasma came out of the aluminum window frame and fell into the Chief's Selectric typewriter. End of machine. My guys were there for a couple of weeks putting everything back together.So, if you can, unplug from everything, and as Bobby McFerrin sang "Don't worry be happy", 'cause that's about all you can do in reality.Keith Quote Selected
Topic: Lightning protection