M GO BLUE wrote:
For those of you that have the generator built-in to your Designer:
You are plugged in to only 30A electrical but you need more power to run things at certain times...have you ever just flipped on the generator (without unplugging from electric) and run what you needed then turned the generator off? I'm assuming the automatic transfer switch inside will change to the geenerator power when it is turned on (since this would be producing more power thatn the 30A) and then switch back to electrical after turning off the generator...anyone every have to do this yet?
You definitely can do that. I actually called Jayco and asked them the same question since my dealer said that it would damage the transfer switch. When they called me back (pretty quickly I might add) they said that turning the generator on while plugged into shore power would not be a problem at all. Besides the comment about the AC (which you need to turn off for a couple of minutes before turning on because your AC can not turn on under high pressure) is you need to wait several seconds after your get your generator running before you can assume the switch has transferred over. I am not sure how long but I would guess at least 30 seconds or so.
