$19 TO SAVE $2K ONBOARD CHARGER?

Now that I’ve upgraded my surge protection, I’m thinking it may be worthwhile to also use a voltage regulator like the one linked below. I’ve always used a similar unit on my A/V equipment and I notice it’s quite active during the summer months when the power grid is stressed by AC use. This may be overkill, but in theory there are power anomalies that could be harmful and wouldnt be stopped by a surge protector.

2 questions:

1) Is it "also", not "instead of" a surge protector because the voltage regulator itself needs protection from voltage spikes?

2) The unit in the link says "1200VA" but for the OEM chargecord, 120V x 12A = 1440VA, so that wouldn't work, right?

Good points. I would have to find one with a higher VA rating. With my A/V setup, I have the regulator plugged into the wall and a surge protector plugged into the regulator. The regulator has its own internal surge protection, but not as much as the above linked APC or Amazon units.

I may have been one of the first to experience this on this board. Happened almost two yrs ago and I did have a power outage the night the obcm died.
I always suspected that was the culprit but the fiat tech assured me that wasn’t it. It was just old. Now I don’t know mine was old lost of charging cycles but
After reading on here surges in power seem to
Affect the obcm could have been a combo and using a 19 dollar protector seems like a great idea. Especially if one has an out side plug to access….would alleviate the fire concerns.

Yes 240v Chinese plug.