Exercise genny while on shore power?

time2roll wrote:

MrWizard wrote:
"Transfer switch shouldgive priority to the generator"


Now that is the stickler, the word should , if it doesn't , bad things could happen, that is why you unplug first

Ok so if the generator does not have priority the worst case would be no load on the generator.

Nothing bad will happen either way. Otherwise get back into the manual and read about how a transfer switch works.

Rolling the dice is fine when things work as they should. Until they don't. Then your worst case becomes something completely different.

Not sure why this is even a debate. It literally takes seconds to mitigate any risk even if the risk is small. But the implications can be very large.

To each his own I guess. I'd rather be wrong and have nothing happen than be wrong a lot of bad things happen. Rv's aren't always wired they way they are supposed to be and every component on an RV is suspect in my opinion, especially given the lack of quality in the RV and the components themselves.

To the folks saying nothing will happen and it's fine to remain plugged in, when the OP doesn't unplug and something does get fried, will you chip in to help him fix it? Some advice can have dramatic consequences.