Is it my Transfer Switch or Generator?
Just got back from our first trip to Colorado in our 2013 377XL. We have a great time and enjoyed it so much. However, I had one issue that has me concerned. It was warm and I also needed to keep TV on to keep the grandson happy so we were running the generator to power the living room AC operating.
The roads are a lot different than what we have experienced so far on the hills of Oklahoma, Arkansas, or Missouri. (The problem has never occurred on our trips near home.) The RPM's were often well above 4,000 and often close to 5,000. I began to notice that when the transmission would downshift and the RPMS would jump like that that the roof top AC would kick off, I would hear the refrigerator kick over to the inverter, and the TV would shut down. Usually as the RPM's came down it would all switch back over to the generator current, but at least once or twice it completely shut down.
For the life of me I can't figure out why RPM's on the coach would effect the output on the generator. My first thought was the altitude adjustment since it was set for life in Oklahoma, so I set it to the max setting (5,000 ft).
After that, it seemed to happen less frequently, but I also tried to keep the RPM's down so I don't know if it really made a difference.
I had plenty of fuel in the tank, always I was above a half of a tank and it would do it with a full tank too.
So is this a quality of current issue with my generator causing the transfer switch to drop it out or is it something (vibration maybe??) that is causing my transfer switch to disconnect from the generator?
Or is this something that happens to everyone and I just don't realize it because this is my first motorhome?
I appreciate the vast knowledge that exists on this forum and the willingness of all of you to share with us newbies.
Craig
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Craig and Kelly
2013 Georgetown XL 377TS
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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