Surge protection,Good Govenor February 16, 2003, 12:01:16 pm Yahoo Message Number: 19043Dear Mike: I don't have any surge protectors in my rig, or in my house either. If you plan to live in your LD, plugged in most of the time, and in an area with 'dirty' power or lots of nearby lightning strikes; then maybe a surge protector might make sense. The 10/3 cord means there are 3 electric conductors (hot, neutral and ground) of 10 American Wire Gauge. This for a short wiring path (inside the Protector) will handle anything in a 30A configuration. In my rig only the microwave oven, air conditioner, refrigerator, and the 12VDC convertor are exposed to the power line. Each of these units have some built in protections. I've heard of some problems with refrigerator electronics that might have been spike related. Voltage sags are more of a problem, where some nearby load is turned on, and the voltage drops. A prolonged voltage drop can damage motors and other electronics. The "Good Govenor" is to monitor the frequency and voltage of your AC power in. Utility grid frequency should be perfect. Usually that feature is used to check the motor speed of your generator, and the operation of it's internal speed govenor. The voltages can also be checked both for the generator and incoming AC. Since your generator is going to be new, a one time check should be enough. If you plan to put a lot of hours on it or suspect it's reliability, a Good Govenor certainly won't hurt. I have a RadioShack Digital Multi-Meter (DMM) that was $40-$60, with a frequency function. I can also check voltages, but not simultaneously with frequency. I find that a DMM is more useful in general and made more sense for me. Hope this was helpful. Ron '99 23.5 TKB; "Bluebelle"[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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