New to solar/inverters and transfer switches
I recently traded in my 2012 Attitude 27LFS for a new 2020 Attitude 32IBG. When I had my old trailer, it didnt have all the elctronic goodies on it like the new one. When it wasnt in use, we kept the ...
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59bisquik, I believe that if you are hooked up to Shore Power and Start the Generator, the transfer switch will give priority to the generator and disconnect the shore power.
This provides a certain degree of safety in that you won't have two dissimilar voltage sources trying to operate at the same time and that probably are not compatible. In the event that you are hooked up to shore power and loose power and start your generator, the power from the generator will not back feed into the shore system and feed the shore line back to the point of failure.
An electrician trying to repair the shore power failure could be injured or killed by the power from your generator not knowing that it was there.
This provides a certain degree of safety in that you won't have two dissimilar voltage sources trying to operate at the same time and that probably are not compatible. In the event that you are hooked up to shore power and loose power and start your generator, the power from the generator will not back feed into the shore system and feed the shore line back to the point of failure.
An electrician trying to repair the shore power failure could be injured or killed by the power from your generator not knowing that it was there.
