Charging camper batteries with generator?
How do you all hook up the generator to charge camper batteries? Hook generator directly to batteries with the battery cables or just plug the shore power cord into the generator? Speaking to a Northe...
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deltabravo wrote:fitznj wrote:
Plug the shore power cord into the generator; Turn generator on.... done
Ditto.
This is how I do it.
That's a good recipe to fry electronics you might have in the camper.
Starting generator creates voltage spikes, that is why designated transfer switches have time delay to let generator stabilize the current before the relay gets turned on.
I would start the generator and on give it at least 30 seconds in warm weather before plugging in TC cord.
Or flip the main breaker in TC off, go start the generator, come back and by then it should be safe to turn the power on.
