If you are an intelligent person – and as a Reader of this blog, you most unquestionably are – then you use an advanced surge protector to test the power at every campsite pedestal before plugging in.

It is quite possible – dare I say even likely – that at some point you will shake the EMS and mutter to yourself, “Broken piece of junk,” because the voltage reading will be far too low to be believable. “99 volts? As if!”

Don’t blame the surge protector. It’s just doing its job, and it’s not broken. Blame the campground. Or more accurately, blame all your neighbors for cranking their air conditioners up to High on Cool mode. Or stick it to the Man, and blame the campground for staying stuck in the 1980s.