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wopachop
Explorer
Jul 03, 2018

Switching from Genny to Shore Power under load----bad?

Got to the trailer and started the genny its been over a month. Then plugged into shore power with an amp reader because i was curious if it would switch over. Started the A/C and let it run for aw...
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Sam_Spade
Explorer
Jul 04, 2018
MrWizard wrote:

never start the genny when plugged into shore power

never plug in to shore power while the genny is running


While this is good general advice, it really doesn't apply if you have a "manual" transfer like many C's do....and some A's too.

Moving my cord to a different plug is my "transfer".
(Since my transfer switch fried and I re-wired without it.)

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