Running roof ac while driving

hohenwald48 wrote:

austinjenna wrote:

If you are lucky enough to have the Marinco style power cable, it is simple to buy an extra cable that can be safely and securely run under the trailer and up to the generator. Eliminates the need for fancy and risky switching.

Thats what I did, keep it simple and cheap and it works well.

An extra cord will certainly keep it simple. However, it's pretty cheap and easy to simply add an ATS and let it take care of all the needed switching with no manual intervention. Either way will work. One's simply more convenient than the other. Your choice. And there's absolutely nothing at all risky about an ATS as long as you have the skills necessary to install one. :)

I always intended to run a second power cord underwhelming trailer. Most likely through conduit to protect it from road gremlins. Originally I wasn't going to run an ats just breakers on each side of the power one for shore one for generator so I could isolate the whole deal. But after looking at the price of an ats it would cost the same or close compared to the breaker set up. Plus that eliminates the problem of me forgetting that one is on. I'll still run a normal plug on the genny so I can disconnect it and use it for other things and store it inside since the camper will most likely spend a large portion of its life outside.