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rvluckyorwhat
Explorer
Jul 19, 2015

starting engine while plugged in to short power

I recently read an article entitled "20 Tricks of the Trade" (for RVers) and one of the items said "Never start your vehicle or run the generator while you are plugged into shore power." While starti...
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time2roll
Nomad
Jul 20, 2015
rvluckyorwhat wrote:
I've probably done this 100-150 times without incident. Am I lucky, or is the advise in this article flawed? If it is sound advise, please explain why.
Advice is flawed.
Otherwise let the author explain the exact issue.

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