GD350M
Senior Member
Good Morning All,
We are about to embark on your trip to FL and I will be running the generator to keep the camper cool while traveling. My question to any one of you that can answer is this.
When we did the PDI, the guy told us that we could not turn the breakers on to the generator as long as we were connected to shore power. So thats what we have been doing. But I have been confused about the way this operation goes. So I have shore power coming in to a transfer switch and I have the generator coming into the other side of the transfer switch. When I crank the generator (no shore power connected to the unit) the generator starts and about 20 seconds later the transfer switch kicks over to generator side and I have power.
What I would like to know is can my breakers be on all the time on the generator and while I am hooked to shore power and start the generator before we leave, would this keep the generator from suppling power to the camper and then vise versa where if we were on generator power and I connected to shore power, will the unit automatically switch to shore power?
Why I ask is because it seems a little ridiculous that I have a start button for the generator in the camper, but then I would still have to go to the generator to switch the breakers on? Why put a switch in the camper if I have to go to the generator, I could just start it there?
Thanks for any feedback and I hope the post isn't to confusing.
We are about to embark on your trip to FL and I will be running the generator to keep the camper cool while traveling. My question to any one of you that can answer is this.
When we did the PDI, the guy told us that we could not turn the breakers on to the generator as long as we were connected to shore power. So thats what we have been doing. But I have been confused about the way this operation goes. So I have shore power coming in to a transfer switch and I have the generator coming into the other side of the transfer switch. When I crank the generator (no shore power connected to the unit) the generator starts and about 20 seconds later the transfer switch kicks over to generator side and I have power.
What I would like to know is can my breakers be on all the time on the generator and while I am hooked to shore power and start the generator before we leave, would this keep the generator from suppling power to the camper and then vise versa where if we were on generator power and I connected to shore power, will the unit automatically switch to shore power?
Why I ask is because it seems a little ridiculous that I have a start button for the generator in the camper, but then I would still have to go to the generator to switch the breakers on? Why put a switch in the camper if I have to go to the generator, I could just start it there?
Thanks for any feedback and I hope the post isn't to confusing.