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Floridafrances
Sep 30, 2013Explorer
Just finished skimming through this entire thread again. Always see something I meant to do the first time I read it here and never got around to.
One thing I found was the info about the auto transfer switch and I still have a question about that.
Goldencrazy and ETnRVr
ETnRvr you determined, from the number that Goldencrazy supplied, that his auto transfer switch is probably a Parallax ATS-301. I looked that up on line and it says it's only for generators up to 3600 watts. Ours is 4000. I'd think yours are too. If they are 4000 watts do you have a different model Parallax? Or if not, have you had any issues with it being rated lower than the watts your generator can put out?
I'd really like to have an auto transfer, if for no other reason than the cats when we're gone for the day if the power should go out.Although cats can handle more heat than a dog, we still worry about them.
Also, has anyone had a problem with their 42 inch flat screen TV working loose at the top? It doesn't seem to be that the TV is loose from the bracket but that the bracket is coming loose from the wall. We're trying to figure out how to get the whole TV loose so we can take it down and check. Would hate to be going down some bumpy road and have the whole thing come crashing down.
Hope everyone is getting in some great traveling.
We've been on only 1 short trip since last fall and our fall trip this year has been pushed into mid-November, at the earliest. :( But if everything works out we'll be on the road for 5 weeks then and off on a shorter trip in the spring.
One thing I found was the info about the auto transfer switch and I still have a question about that.
Goldencrazy and ETnRVr
ETnRvr you determined, from the number that Goldencrazy supplied, that his auto transfer switch is probably a Parallax ATS-301. I looked that up on line and it says it's only for generators up to 3600 watts. Ours is 4000. I'd think yours are too. If they are 4000 watts do you have a different model Parallax? Or if not, have you had any issues with it being rated lower than the watts your generator can put out?
I'd really like to have an auto transfer, if for no other reason than the cats when we're gone for the day if the power should go out.Although cats can handle more heat than a dog, we still worry about them.
Also, has anyone had a problem with their 42 inch flat screen TV working loose at the top? It doesn't seem to be that the TV is loose from the bracket but that the bracket is coming loose from the wall. We're trying to figure out how to get the whole TV loose so we can take it down and check. Would hate to be going down some bumpy road and have the whole thing come crashing down.
Hope everyone is getting in some great traveling.
We've been on only 1 short trip since last fall and our fall trip this year has been pushed into mid-November, at the earliest. :( But if everything works out we'll be on the road for 5 weeks then and off on a shorter trip in the spring.
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