replace transfer switch with 50amp plug?
I have a friend who's on some hard times and living in an older HR pusher in a park. It sounds like his transfer switch has croaked. For a while he would lose power from the pole and it would on...
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30 amp transfer switches are either/or , and usually default is shore power
Without the switch being energized
With generator on the relay energizes and connects to generator
In this situation the generator will act as an override and attempt to disconnect from shore power, this is how people fry the generator and appliances in 30 amp rigs
50 amp the transfer switch often has (2) relays one for each the generator and shore power, and in some cases a mechanical lock out is included between the relays, so when one is active the other cannot engage
Our Safari DP came with this type of transfer switch
Without the switch being energized
With generator on the relay energizes and connects to generator
In this situation the generator will act as an override and attempt to disconnect from shore power, this is how people fry the generator and appliances in 30 amp rigs
50 amp the transfer switch often has (2) relays one for each the generator and shore power, and in some cases a mechanical lock out is included between the relays, so when one is active the other cannot engage
Our Safari DP came with this type of transfer switch
