Shore power.

[Shotzy]

New owners. Horrible walk-through when we bought. Working without owners manual. Can someone explain as simply as possible what we do when we hook up to shore power. Does invertor need to be on or off? Do we just plug in and lights and outlets will work? What needs to be done so we do t drain battery?
thank you.

 

[RandyB]

Usually, we can help better when given the particulars of your unit. Year, brand, model, floor plan, etc. From your questions:

Inverter should be on. Due to it's other function of also being a converter to charge the batteries.

If all things are working normally, plug in shore power and enjoy all the creature features.

tip! stay tuned on this forum. There are about a million other things to be learned. read, read, read

 

[TheLooks]

An inverter and converter are 2 different things. They may not be part of the same device. When you plug into shore power, turn off the breaker before plugging in, You should use some sort of a watchdog device to protect your RV. Depending on if you have a generator or solar available, the power should automatically power the RV and power the converter to charge your batteries without you touching anything. The inverter starts when selected or even automatically when you lose shore power and the batteries provide 120 vac back to the RV from the batteries. This whole system can be complex and you should have gotten a thorough education on it.

 

[B52Bombardier1]

Some of us are even nerdier and use a multimeter to check the voltages present at the shore power pedestal. Too high or too low of a voltage there due to shoddy wiring is not good.

Rick