I have one that I plug into the power post.
This way even the power cord is protected.
I am really surprised that a built-in surge protector doesn't come as standard equipment in all RV's.
We were leaning toward hard wired on our new unit (previous unit was portable), but you make a good point about protecting the power cord. Hmmm. Need to rethink this.
Opted for a built in model after reading on this site that the external models tended to walk off.
I had one and it was under lock and key. I think all you are trying to do is deter them. If they really want the surge protector they can just take the whole cable with them.I must have missed the posts about people having their external EMS units stolen. It's possible, especially if not locked up, but I don't recall anyone saying they've lost one.
I must have missed the posts about people having their external EMS units stolen. It's possible, especially if not locked up, but I don't recall anyone saying they've lost one.
We plug ours in at the pole, although the hard wired would be more handy. We were in a campground in Utah a couple years ago and the pole had a problem which caused our generator transfer switch to go bad. Our surge protector had gone bad just one week earlier, so we were without it at the time... Our bad luck. We now have the Power Dynamics with s lifetime warranty. The failed protector came from Camping world and was out of warranty.