Reminder: Check your AGS settings for hot weather ops

[Jim]

@Jim , this may not be related, but i discovered another way my AGS doesn’t work that surprised me. If you manually start the generator, the AGS defaults to “off”. I figured once set, it would stay set until i turned it off. Nope.

Yes, I saw that as well, but didn't realize it until you make this post. I manually started the generator when I was storing my cleaning stuffs in front of it. I wanted to make sure that the air flow was not inhibited.

Then yesterday, when the generator didn't start during the storm, I noticed that the AGS was 'off'. I'm guessing that I should have gone back in and manually turned it back on. But it sure seems shortsighted for the Silverleaf to not return to the programmed default on its own.

 

[Jim]

Quick question. By default, I guess the air conditioners don't operate off the inverter?

 

[Jim]

Power was restored to the park yesterday, and that's where my coach is parked. So shore power has been running the systems and keeping the coach warm. About an hour ago, Duke Energy came out to fix the power at my house, and in doing so, they had to temporarily shut the power off to the park. So obviously, power to my coach ceased as well.

The Silverleaf saw that it was getting cold inside and turned on the generator to warm things up. But when the power returned about 20 minutes later, the generator continued to run. I would have thought that Silverleaf would have sensed that shore power had returned, and turned off the generator, but that didn't happen.

Am I missing a setting? Or is that just how it works? Or do I have a faulty transfer switch?

 

[Neal]

Quick question. By default, I guess the air conditioners don't operate off the inverter?

No. The way to learn this is go to the circuit breaker panel inside your coach, typically in the half bath. You will notice two groups of breakers. The ones on the left are from shore power, the ones on the right go through the inverter.

 

[Neemer]

Generator power has priority through the AGS. Your generator will continue to run until its your preset parameters are met.

 

[Jim]

No. The way to learn this is go to the circuit breaker panel inside your coach, typically in the half bath. You will notice two groups of breakers. The ones on the left are from shore power, the ones on the right go through the inverter.

I didn't think so. Neither of my other Class A's did, but I figured I would ask, just to be sure.

 

[Jim]

Generator power has priority through the AGS. Your generator will continue to run until its your preset parameters are met.

OK, got it.