Shore power and generator

Kayteg1 wrote:

usersmanual wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
Well, as far as I know inverter/shore and shore/generator can be the same transfer switches.
Might be not, but definitely apples to apples.

There not and no its not comparing apples to apples
The worry some have here is (example) when on SP you have
120V coming in and lets say the hot water and the AC are running
now you start gen set and its expected to absorb a large load and may be a dangerous situation and very hard on the system(potentially)
your little low amp inverter TS switch is never subject to such loads
and its perfectly acceptable to start gen set while on invertion to charge the batterys
Like I said Two entirely different scenarios
and on top of that your inverter will not invert ever while on SP
even when its turned on
So as said NO the inverter system and how it operates is not in any way the same as the situation being discussed here
that being ""starting gen set while on LIVE shore power""

OK, I am curious. How 30 amp transfer switch on shore power is different from 30 amp transfer switch on inverter?

we are getting a little off topic but have you actually looked at the physical size of the main TS verses the little one in a inverter
plus when starting gen set to charge batterys the inverter will switch off the 120V power feed and all the power will be supplied though the main (large) TS system till the gen set is shut down
then the inverter will transfer back to 120V supply
it is as I opined a completely different system and works in a different environment
this is the way I understand the inverter system to be