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wtfjr
Explorer
Aug 16, 2014

Question on fuel consumed by our generator AND ??

While camping at Sebastian Inlet we could always run our generator during the day to help keep the coach cooler & we are curious how much gas it will burn per hour or per eight hours, or whatever time...
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Aug 16, 2014
The ATS is expected to keep shore and gen power separated. One or the other but not both. Should it ever fail to do that for some reason you will be the loser as you rebuild the gen.

For me I never start the gen when on shore power just in case something should go wrong which is unlikely.

Starting the gen (or stopping with shore power connected) and with loads can result in significant arcing on the ATS relay contacts which will lead to a shorter life.

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