Hughes has combined its voltage booster and Watchdog surge protector into one single unit. The Power Center will keep your RV protected against electrical issues you're likely to encounter at a campsite.
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Protect Your Investment
If you aren't using a surge protector, you're taking a big risk. While spikes caused by lightning can damage your electrical system and appliances, there are common electrical issues that can be just as dangerous. Choosing a surge protector with advanced features will help you protect your RV.
Voltage Boosting
Electrical problems are not uncommon at campgrounds, especially ones where wiring was originally installed decades ago. When a campground is full on a hot day and everyone is running their air conditioners, low voltage may cause a brown-out situation and damage your RV appliances.
Voltage boosters respond by automatically boosting voltage when low levels are detected. As voltage drops, electrical circuits respond by increasing amps. The booster converts the increased amps into volts to keep your connection strong. If volts drop below a usable threshold, it automatically cuts off power.
Just got it and works perfectly. No reason not to give it 5* yet.
Delivered in time very satisfîed.
My Watchdog was delivered a couple of days early and arrived in good condition. Great communication from the folks at etrailer. It's easy to hook up - I've only had it in operation a few hours, but so far so good!
So far so good. Time will tell when I get to an area and the voltage is low and the unit takes care of it. I can see at home the voltage in is at 124V and the unit is correcting it to 127V.
Fast shipping. Just hooked up and tested, works great. Can wait for upcoming trip to really test it’s capabilities
The unit appears to be working fine. For other users, attach the unit via Bluetooth first, then do the WiFi connection. Otherwise, it won't attach to the WiFi network. Confirmed by Hughes.
It is a very nice product, but no place to lock it down. All one has to do is cut the plastic handle and it is gone. It would hardly take any effort for someone to steal it, but it does work very nice.
Great for bumping voltage if you get low voltage plus full ems capabilities. Normally raises 2 to 3 volts on normal and ten if drops below 114 or so. It also has Bluetooth and wifi monitoring through their phone app but note wifi connection is 2.4ghz Only and doesn't work on 5.0 ghz at all
Got this to replace the first-generation Hughes autoformer and its performance is better. The ability to check the voltage from your phone is a game changer. Definitely recommend if you are a full time RV'r and want to protect your electronics in your RV.
This is my second unit. The other went 10 years without a single issue and kept all the appliances in the RV (fridge, computers etc.) safely humming along. This new, upgraded unit is really impressive for its features. I can't imagine full time RV'ing without it given the poor state of electrical supply in many RV parks. Great piece of kit.
So so good. Easy to setup and get going. Had to turn off the neutral detection, I am not missing a neutral, so not too sure what is wrong with that. I have the hardwired power watchdog wired in after the power center and have never received that error on this same setup. Other than that working good. Boosted voltage from 110v to 121v.
Easy to set up. Works as advertised. No more dealing with poor quality electricity at the campground.
Very easy setup. Just followed the instructions. Some of the rv parks have old power supply setups. I want to protect my 2003 airstream.
These autoformers have been on back order for a few months, but worth the wait. It’s nice to be confident in your electrical supply, especially in many older parks with varying power distribution systems. Hughes also provides great customer service and support.
We work camp at a park that has low power issues. We currently use a hardwired progressive Industries 50 amp unit. We ordered the Watchdog unit to assist with this. We put the progressive industry unit in bypass mode which required us to use the “RV neutral detection E8” in the disabled mode. We really enjoy this unit. It also provides useful information when you are away from the coach, being able to view the consumption/voltage.
I attached the neutral disable screen since it’s not intuitive.
I waited several months for this second generation to be made as first generation sold out, it turns out it was worth the weight of five months no fault of E trailer. This is constantly boosting my camper up shovel volts on both legs, but when people come home in the afternoon and turn their air conditioner on the power in this campground drops dramatically. I have seen it as low as 104 V at times on both legs. This does the trick I am going to add a plug near my auto rolling main wire and mounted permanently inside as I move from campground to campground and really don’t trust it outside even locked on a pole.
So far I love this thing as I have stopped opening the panel and looking to see what voltage I have coming in. With Bluetooth, I can just simply look at my phone and see how it’s working. I was also under the impression that it would temporarily boost the power, but I was wrong. It maintains the power that it generates so you constantly have the boost in voltage.
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