Circuit breakers on Inverter.

draboo wrote:
I have a 2002 Holiday Rambler Neptune DP with a 1500 watt inverter.

I m guessing that if I m not plugged into shore power and am running the generator, the breaker panel in the bedroom will be powering the microwave and outlets?

No, not true at all.

The genny supplies shore power to the RV through the main transfer switch, exactly the same as shore power.

Again, running the genny changes nothing, except the source of shore power.

I sure wish this forum provided an easy way to upload pictures...
This is a case where a picture could be worth many words.

We are talking about a DP rig with a "whole house factory installed inverter"

Shore power or genny go into the main transfer switch.

The transfer switch goes into the "main" breakers in the panel.

The output breakers in the panel go to the powered circuits, A/C, fireplace, washer/dryer, inverter (inverter/charger in this case) all the things that ONLY work when plugged into shore power (or running genny, which is electrically the same)

The inverter charger is fed by the "inverter" fuse in the main A/C panel, as well as by the coach battery bank.

This inverter charger will contain it's own transfer switch. If plugged into shore power, OR if the genny is running (same same see above...)the inverter will pass the A/C thru, if not the inverter function will provide 110 a/c (120AC to the anal among us...)

The inverter has 2 output circuits, fused with pushbutton breakers on the inverter itself, not connected to the rigs main a/c breaker panel in any way.

This all does get somewhat complicated as you(I) type it.