Calss C motorhome - On board ONAN generator

OLYLEN wrote:
I would say most C's past about 2000 have a transfer switch if a Gen was installed. But you could be the plug and play. I turn off the breakers at the service pole just in case. Turn off all loads, start Gen, after Gen stablizes add load. Doesn't matter why, he the OP asked a question, he does not need to justify.

LEN

ALL Winnebago View and Navion models, right up to current production, use the outlet and plug method. I suspect that other models, such as the Minnie Winnie also do, but I have not bothered to look at the wiring diagrams to see for sure.

Charles
2007 Winnebago View 523H on a 2006 Dodge (Daimler-Chrysler aka Mercedes) Sprinter 3500 chassis (T1N). Bought Sept 2015 with 18K miles on it, Prog Ind HW30C, Prog Dymanics PD4645, Chill Grille, PML/Yourcovers.com deep alum trans pan, AutoMeter 8558 trans temp gauge, Roadmaster sway bar, Fantastic Ultra Breeze hood, added OEM parabolic mirrors and RH aspherical mirror.

bukhrn wrote:
My '07 has an ATS, & glad of it, I just don't like the idea of that "plug & play" system. Just seems like an unnecessary PITA.

Well let's see.......
When you unplug the cord from the shore power pole, what do you do with it ?? We do the same thing, coil it up in a compartment but the last two seconds is consumed by plugging it into the generator outlet.
Yep a real hassle.....not. ;)

My class c has a transfer switch and once when i was plugged in to shore power I started my gen. When I went to unplug from shore my transfer switch got stuck to shore power. I tried for a few day to get it unstuck and could not get it to switch back to gen power. Then all of sudden one day it worked.

I heard that transfer switches can stuck sometimes but i don't know if me being plugged in to shore at the same time had anything to do with it sticking. I don't do it any more, since then i always unplug first. Better safe then sorry.

My '07 has an ATS, & glad of it, I just don't like the idea of that "plug & play" system. Just seems like an unnecessary PITA.

Sam Spade wrote:

pianotuna wrote:

Nope, my 2005 doesn't have a transfer switch.

Nor does my 2007.

My 2006 doesn't have one and all of the ones I looked at while looking for mine,more than a dozen,from 2002 thru 2007 didn't have one,all had what was pictured in my previous post.

Sam Spade wrote:
And asking "why" is not necessarily a criticism.
Some of us might actually learn something from the answer.

sorry if my "why?" was inferred as criticism, it was meant to be a troubleshooting tool

often in many life situations people ask a question that could be better answered
if you knew the real question behind the question, so "what are you trying to accomplish?"
is often at the beginning of any troubleshooting session.


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pianotuna wrote:

Nope, my 2005 doesn't have a transfer switch.

Nor does my 2007.

And asking "why" is not necessarily a criticism.
Some of us might actually learn something from the answer.

Sam Spade wrote:
The most common arrangement for a C is like the last picture......and the power cord feeding the RV can get it's power from only ONE place at a time.

Of all the Motorhome owners I know personally, only 1 has to unplug from shore power and plug into the generator. That seems like a silly setup. The whole point of the Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) is so you don't have to plug the shore power cord into the generator.

-Michael

Hi Olylen

Nope, my 2005 doesn't have a transfer switch.

I would say most C's past about 2000 have a transfer switch if a Gen was installed. But you could be the plug and play. I turn off the breakers at the service pole just in case. Turn off all loads, start Gen, after Gen stablizes add load. Doesn't matter why, he the OP asked a question, he does not need to justify.

LEN