Chad Brooks wrote:
i just went out and disconnected the shore power and fired the generator. After a few seconds it showed on the display panel the inverter/converter was charging(as it was on shore power). One other issue I noticed was the lights sort of flickering when I first connected to shore power for a few seconds then I heard a "click" and they burned steady. If the max shore amps was set at 30amps and the inverter was on, would the inverter make up the difference using the house batteries if I were pulling over 30amps? That was my initial thinking, but I may be misunderstanding the operation of that setting. Everything I have checked seems to be working as it should, I even kept notice of the flashing LED on the inverter as it went through the charging stages.
The AMP setting on the Inverter panel has nothing to do with your shore Power supply. That said, it kind of does make a difference. What the AMP selection means is simple. If you select 30 amp, that tells the Inverter--The CHARGER section to use MAX power to charge the batteries. That means the Inverter/Charger will pull from 11 to 13 amps AC current to charge the batteries faster(Bulk Charge). By setting a lower threshold--10 to 15, the Charger will pull less amps AC but will take 2 to 3 times as long to fully charge the Coach batteries. You would set a lower amp rate if you were connecting to a 30 amp Power source. Leave it at 30 if on Genset or you always use 50 amp shore power. Doug
