Weekend Warrior Generator vs Battery power
Recently purchased our first weekend warrior so excuse the lack of knowledge. Question is, first night the trailer ran off the battery, and couldn't get the generator power. After pushing every random...
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AC:
The Weekend Warrior did not use a transfer switch to route power. In the cord compartment you will find a 50A outlet that is the generator output - Plugging in the AC cord will power the trailer by generator.
DC:
In the cord compartment is the master cutoff switch (like Lincster posted). This will disable the battery supply on the trailer except for generator and tongue jack. If you are still plugged into your tow vehicle, you may continue to get power from it even with the master off.
Plugging the the trailer connector to the tow vehicle and fast idling the engine can bring the batteries back up in the trailer enough to start the generator. You can also use jumper cables between the tow vehicle battery and trailer to charge the batteries or start the generator.
First you will need to identify which switches you moved, so we can help troubleshoot your lack of DC.
The Weekend Warrior did not use a transfer switch to route power. In the cord compartment you will find a 50A outlet that is the generator output - Plugging in the AC cord will power the trailer by generator.
DC:
In the cord compartment is the master cutoff switch (like Lincster posted). This will disable the battery supply on the trailer except for generator and tongue jack. If you are still plugged into your tow vehicle, you may continue to get power from it even with the master off.
Plugging the the trailer connector to the tow vehicle and fast idling the engine can bring the batteries back up in the trailer enough to start the generator. You can also use jumper cables between the tow vehicle battery and trailer to charge the batteries or start the generator.
First you will need to identify which switches you moved, so we can help troubleshoot your lack of DC.
