MH has auto transfer sw by surge guard wired - can I use this too (forums say this cks things my wired unit doesn't)? Thanks!
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I think that you are asking if you could use the Progressive Industries power guard unit with your transfer switch. The answer is yes. The only thing a transfer switch does is automatically switch your power from 110volt from your land line electric source to 110volt from your generator and back. It provides almost no protection for your RV. The Progressive Industries protects all of the electrical units in your RV from power surges, high voltage, low voltage and many many other electrical problems. It is easy to use and gives all the protection as listed at the Progressive Industries web site. I think that you are asking if you could use the Progressive Industries power guard unit with your transfer switch. The answer is yes. The only thing a transfer switch does is automatically switch your power from 110volt from your land line electric source to 110volt from your generator and back. It provides almost no protection for your RV. The Progressive Industries protects all of the electrical units in your RV from power surges, high voltage, low voltage and many many other electrical problems. It is easy to use and gives all the protection as listed at the Progressive Industries web... » Read More I think that you are asking if you could use the Progressive Industries power guard unit with your transfer switch. The answer is yes. The only thing a transfer switch does is automatically switch your power from 110volt from your land line electric source to 110volt from your generator and back. It provides almost no protection for your RV. The Progressive Industries protects all of the electrical units in your RV from power surges, high voltage, low voltage and many many other electrical problems. It is easy to use and gives all the protection as listed at the Progressive Industries web site. « Show Less
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Yes. It will identify any problems with the pedestal power and won't allow power to the coach if there are any. If not, you will have normal power transfer to your coach. It does not monitor the power from the generator unless you get the hard wired version.
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No, unless you purchase I think my installer said an adapter that controls your sw buttons.. I can't use my anymore but it's worth it with all that comes with this unit.
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I installed this product about 6 mons ago and it did not have a switch to indicate instant transfer. Mine is delayed even more because I have two switches, one for the generator switch over and then this one that I use for the inverter switch over. It takes about 20 secs.
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I had to hire a computer geek to install the RCA PSWTS6R Tap Surge. I'm pondering hiring him again to neatly bundle the rat's nest of cables. Jerald's response about the plastic piece being a stabilizer for the unit is very helpful. If I do re-hire the geek I will ask him to read this before going any further.
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My unit came hardwired WITH a plug. I didn't need the plug as I have the unit controlled by a switch above the counter. My electrician cut off the plug and wired the unit in to fit my situation.
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It does come with a transfer switch if advertised. We didn't mess with our breaker box at all. We pulled the meter to the house and ran wires from the meter straight to the transfer switch. Took our "house" wires and hooked to the transfer switch as well, then from the transfer switch we wired to the generator. The house line goes directly to the breaker so you don't have to mess with the box at all. It's probably a $1k+ job for an electrician to do...guessing. Me and my brother in law did it....but he's an electrician.
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I recommend a Reliance 10-circuit transfer unit. And best to have a electrician wire to CB panel, etc..... went easy at my panel.
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Actually, that's a good question! In other words, once a surge is encountered does, #1: the device re-function as an electrical line connection?, and, #2: does it re-function as a surge protector? I honestly can't for sure answer either one of those questions. I usually use these devices, in-line with other surge protection, and once in a while use them in the field, for my laptop computers as the primary surge protection. So, insofar as the field work is concerned, I really don't know if I've ever encountered a surge to test the efficiency of the protection, ie re-function of the device?!
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With any device installed in the line you will get some signal loss. This device had very little signal loss to the surprise of our "cable guy". As for using it in conjunction with a surge protector at the TV, it shouldn't be necessary as a "cable surge" protector but you may still want to use other protector for the electricity side of the TV. Our cable guy also said that if the cable coming into the house is properly grounded at the site of entry, a cable surge protector shouldn't be necessary at all...but I installed this device "just in case". Everything works great. However, also according to our "cable guy" this device should be installed so that the ground (to the outside ground or metal water pipe, etc) on this surge protector is a shorter distance than the distance to the TV. That is to assure that the surge gets to the ground before it has time to get to the TV.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "pre wired", but it does come with a whole-house Smart Switch. It does exactly what you would expect a transfer switch to do: It automatically disconnects the house from the mainline and distributes power from the generator to the breaker box. The only wiring needed is bringing the mainline into the smart switch, the generator into the smart switch, and a line from the smart switch to the breaker box. Admittedly, I hired someone to do this (I don't mess with electrical), but I watched what he did, and it seemed very straight forward. I hope this answers your question.
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No, if you are looking for a unit with a automatic transfer switch preinstalled you would need to order part number 7345A or 7355A.
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The Wave tool has a dedicated socket for this. If the Surge does not, then you cannot use it.
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It doesn't matter which jack goes to your switch (or POE supply) and which goes to your device. The surge devices are simply connected between each Ethernet signal and ground. So just picture signals 1-8 connected together between the two jacks, 1 to 1, 2 to 2, 3 to 3, etc... Then each signal connects to a surge device (8x) which of course goes to ground. So IN can be OUT, and OUT can be IN. Just make sure to ground this device to a good earth ground. Hope this helps.
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Yes you can. You need the xantrex in line transfer relay. I also purchased this on Amazon. Prowatt inline sw.
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I live in the lightning capital of the world. When I called PetSafe to get a replacement for a fried transmitter, they said that purchasing this unit had a unique benefit: If your system is damaged by lightning or any other surge, you get a new system free. Forever. I read about other ways to rewire the existing transmitter to get the same protection but I don't mind $25 to save the hassle & get a forever lifetime warranty. If you dink with the wiring you invalidate your warranty & get no warranty extension which makes no sense to me.
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not sure, but CAT6 all the way has been working for me. the switch thing? not sure. these units are point2point.
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Hey Chor, just wondering if you figured this out yet? I'm looking for an expander for my 8300HDC on TW cable so i was wondering did they ever fix the problem on the software?