obiwancanoli wrote:
As for the consequences to the external genny, I don't know why it didn't function properly after charging my battery bank... it would start and run briefly, then shut down. Can't tell you if time has healed it, for it belonged to someone else, and he used his all the time for his setup (pull behind trailer, no onboard genny)... thankfully, he had two.
Did the generator just not run your RV or will it run nothing else afterward (say plug a light directly into the generator, what happens)?
Portable inverter generators generally have an overload breaker built in and if you try to pull too much, it will cut the power to the outlets. Usually, you will hear the engine surge as the load drops off suddenly. Depending on the model, you often have to shut down and restart the generator to reset the breaker...of course, if you overload it right away, it will cut out again.
