No transfer switch?
2001 NationalRV Dolphin. In storage, started the motor Ford (V-10) and the generator(Generac 5.5) For the first time ever, NO power anywhere from the generator. Flipped all the circuit breakers I...
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tropical36 wrote:
This has been discussed before and couldn't believe how many arguments there were against it. One poster said that it was going backwards with technology. I mean, one has to store the cord away anyway, so what's the big deal in plugging it in to the genset outlet, in the process and when it's right there, staring you in the face.
Again, IMO, the only good argument is for auto starting the gen set, if needed when plugged into shore power.
I would think that the propensity to start the generator under load would also be a valid argument against the system. Automatic transfer switches for generators have a time delay before switching to generator power to let it get up to speed and have the voltage regulation stabilized. (That's not to say I think it to be a bad system, just that--like most everything else--there are various tradeoffs.)
