Just curious
On newer motorhomes, when connected to shore power, and the engine is started, does the engine generator over ride the shore power charging the batteries?
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Steve 911 wrote:
On newer motorhomes, when connected to shore power, and the engine is started, does the engine generator over ride the shore power charging the batteries?
Depends on RPM.. Both the alternator and the converter are present (And Solar if you have it installed) all 3 work in parallel. But the one that is currently the "Hottest" (highest voltage) is the one that actually charges the battery. The rest just sit there till needed.
The bottom line is "There is no conflict"
That's the lovely thing about Battery (DC) power. you can have 20 different sources (or more) in parallel and they all work together. the one that is the highest voltage doing the work and as the load increases and voltages thus drop the others chime in.
