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Hmm..... Sounds liket this is gonna be more work than expected, which is fine. I'll have to rely on my neighbor until I can get it done though.. So the generator has a few things. It does have a manual choke for one. So I see the issue there. It starts fine without it, but not so easy on...

One thing to consider too is the genset currently does not have automatic starting function - although I think this is something that could be easily added.... It's about to become more or less a permanent fixture on the trailer. That being said, it would be great if I could have the generator...

with the designs this is going to look awesome! I thought you were just doing a flat color, no designs. Looking forward to seeing it. Side question - curious if you've ever weighed your camper...

I actually want to use shore as my primary power source. But the power is not 100% reliable where I currently am. It has gone out for up to 3 days while I was gone for work... thus loosing food from the fridge. Unfortunately building my own entire power system is not an option at the...

I have a champion dual fuel 3400w gen/inv. It's pretty darn quiet.... Although, it is not an open fram design which I now realize really sucks. I geuss it's a tradeoff. Open frame design is louder, but has benifits... The closed frame ones are quieter, but you basically have to tear down...

Dreadlocks - your pictures help me tremendously, thank you. Ok, so how about this for wiring then, slightly different than my original thought and based on everyone's thoughts Starting from shore power, installing a second wire directly to the genset. Both genset and shore connected to a 30a...

So after nearly taking my genset apart all the way, I realized its more work than it is worth, at least right now, to hardwire it to the trailer. So the plan will still be inverter, solar, and genset, but likely I will have to plug the trailer into the genset if/when I need to run it. Maybe...

I just found a diagram that shows those 40a fuses both being reverse polarity fuses. Not sure what thats all about to be honest.

Locking out from the grid is exactly what I wanted to do. For 2 reasons, 1 being that obviously my generator or an inverter trying to power the 'grid' would never work and probably cause something to burn up, and 2, even if it could, I wouldnt' want to be trying to power the entire town ha! If...

Hmm. ok so I'm still having confusion then. say the inverter is connected to the post switched side of the outlet breaker (and lets also assume that the converter has been given its own breaker). I'm confused on what still would prevent backfeeding power. Howevever, I'm not sure how a ATS is...

I see what your saying and after I posted the diagrams my immediat thought was also that the inverter and genset doesnt necessary need to power the entire house. The only critical 120v component is the fridge. Of course in summer 115 degrees it would be nice to run the ac before bed, but not...

The fridge I have on the way is 120v only. It doesnt have DC capabilities, ulnless it is DC going through an inverter to AC The generator is a inverter style - 1 30a outlet and 2 normal

I suppose also that my situation is more complex since it's a factory trailer in that separating the 120v plug for the fridge from all the other 120v plugs is not really possible. Now, the AC, microwave, and GFCI are on their own circuits and can be turned off easily.

Ok I see what your saying here. So I probably failed to mention that with the system on and powered by say the inverter, I would have the converter off to avoid doing just what you said of a power 'circle' if you will. So with that in mind, if I have the converter on its own breaker and had...

Just trying to keep consistent with the trailer as a whole. I'm not up on ac systems but if 2000w equals 15a for a AC system then that would work. But I do have a 30a 3400w genset, so I would like to be able to have full use of its capabilities. Now as for the fridge specifically, my RV...

So in my case I would want a 30 amp transfer switch. I'm assuming I can find one that primarily powers from shore power, and switches to and inverter if shore power fails. But how would I wire it to say use primarily generator power if I chose to run the genset for a while to say recharge the...

Can you elaborate? What is this, and would it require me to wire the trailer in a specific way?

Hey all, Lots of info here :-) So I'm embarking on rewiring and adding some stuff to my standard trailer. I have a 2011'ish Keystone Springdale 179QB. It has been my house for the last 4 years, and likely will be for the next 4 years. My current situation is slightly unknown and variable for...

Ha yes it does! My life situation is different than most, so it makes me need a highly modular and multi-purpose design/set-up out of necessity rather than desire. I have pondered many many different ideas, and always keep coming back to the same one, so I'm sure it's the right 'fit'. One...

nice work! So...since I know nothing of CAD - what do you mean by different dimension tools? Thats one aspect that could be challenging, getting specific dimensions for all the different components. Just means a lot of measuring, unless thers another way.