Automatic Transfer Switch
Iv'e decided to add a Automatic Transfer Switch to my Toy Hauler I installed a solar system with a 2000 watt Renogy Inverter several months ago. I purchased a 30amp Progressive Dynamics ATS. I ...
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My manual system is based on the shore power cord from the Main breaker going to a compartment box with an outside door/cable hatch. If the trailer has the kind that you plug the shore power cord into an outside receptacle, then my system would not work--but something would.
I pulled the whole 30a shore power cord inside and have it tucked under the kitchen counter where I can get at all this via the under- counter cabinet doors. There is a portable surge guard and 30/15 adapter on the end of that-- all under the counter.
I have a long 12 gauge extension cord with a triple receptacle end on it as my outside- going shore power cord, that goes in that cable compartment behind the cable hatch same as where the OEM cord went, that can be pulled out to shore power or a portable gen.
I have an extension cord from the inverter to where the outside new shore cable comes in. I have a converter that has a plug-in cord that is also extended to that spot under the counter.
The trick is, I also have a short 12 gauge cord with a receptacle on it, which is plugged into the long one's triple AND so is the converter's cord. (using two of the three )
So--the OEM shore power cord inside can be plugged into Either the short cord leading to the outside cord OR into the inverter's cord.
The converter only works if the long outside cord is plugged into shore power or generator. I can run the converter off the gen or shore power and have the rig run off the inverter if that is the scenario where the batts keep getting charged as the inverter does heavy loads from time to time that might pop the outside shore power if using that directly (PT's trick for when on 15a shore power)
I pulled the whole 30a shore power cord inside and have it tucked under the kitchen counter where I can get at all this via the under- counter cabinet doors. There is a portable surge guard and 30/15 adapter on the end of that-- all under the counter.
I have a long 12 gauge extension cord with a triple receptacle end on it as my outside- going shore power cord, that goes in that cable compartment behind the cable hatch same as where the OEM cord went, that can be pulled out to shore power or a portable gen.
I have an extension cord from the inverter to where the outside new shore cable comes in. I have a converter that has a plug-in cord that is also extended to that spot under the counter.
The trick is, I also have a short 12 gauge cord with a receptacle on it, which is plugged into the long one's triple AND so is the converter's cord. (using two of the three )
So--the OEM shore power cord inside can be plugged into Either the short cord leading to the outside cord OR into the inverter's cord.
The converter only works if the long outside cord is plugged into shore power or generator. I can run the converter off the gen or shore power and have the rig run off the inverter if that is the scenario where the batts keep getting charged as the inverter does heavy loads from time to time that might pop the outside shore power if using that directly (PT's trick for when on 15a shore power)
