rsalhus
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Just exactly how inconvenient is it to shut off the air conditioner(s) and other high-energy appliances in our RVs before shutting down the generator and hooking up to shore power? Aren't we supposed to let the generator run a few minutes with everything throttled down before shutting it off? And how hard is it to shut appliances down before disconnecting from shore power prior to starting up the generator? Just how lazy and spoiled have we gotten?
It's my philosophy to never test the transfer switch to see if it works! It's just not necessary. To me, a transfer switch is like a fail safe device that is there to POSSIBLY protect me in case I or someone else FORGETS to disconnect shore power before starting the generator or FORGETS to shut off the generator before connecting to shore power. Why take a chance of having a stuck or sticky relay in your transfer switch if you don't have to? Actually, I like the idea of not having a transfer switch at all, you simply plug one cord into a receptacle for shore power and another cord into the same receptacle for hooking up the generator. Now there's a transfer system that won't ever have stuck relays and is a lot cheaper too!
It's my philosophy to never test the transfer switch to see if it works! It's just not necessary. To me, a transfer switch is like a fail safe device that is there to POSSIBLY protect me in case I or someone else FORGETS to disconnect shore power before starting the generator or FORGETS to shut off the generator before connecting to shore power. Why take a chance of having a stuck or sticky relay in your transfer switch if you don't have to? Actually, I like the idea of not having a transfer switch at all, you simply plug one cord into a receptacle for shore power and another cord into the same receptacle for hooking up the generator. Now there's a transfer system that won't ever have stuck relays and is a lot cheaper too!