Worth getting a surge protector?

[acropolis22]

As per title really. Is the power supplied in the average campsite so unreliable as to make it worth investing? And if I get one, is it a DIY install?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Have you been having problems?

 

[acropolis22]

Have you been having problems?

I've had problems all my life....... No, just thinking about new toys for my newly acquired van. I know many people have fitted them so wanted to gather opinions.

 

[Raul]

I don’t think you will get many surges on UK grid. Most equipment is built to take wide AC input. I would no bother.
Whats the toys you worry about?

 

[autorouter]

Depends where you're going. The problem is mostly lightning strikes, and the UK is not much affected. Markdorf, home of Schaudt who make EBLs, is right at the centre of one of the worst locations in Europe.

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[Raul]

On a van is pointless, how you going to discharge a SPD? You need to have that at source, bollard, before it enters the van.

 

[acropolis22]

I think people use them to minimise problems for over and under voltage that you might get on a European camp site. Not just surges. I don't think fridges like the wrong voltage?

 

[Steve and Denise]

I fitted one to our van a simple enough job took about half an hour bought it from eBay for around £35

 

[autorouter]

I think people use them to minimise problems for over and under voltage that you might get on a European camp site. Not just surges. I don't think fridges like the wrong voltage?

In that case you want a voltage stabiliser, which will probably have surge protection built in as well.

 

[acropolis22]

In that case you want a voltage stabiliser, which will probably have surge protection built in as well.

Been considering the Sollatek AWS30.

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[TCG]

we have one of these fitted, as recommended by Lenny HB