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Generator / shore power autoswitch on sale at Camping World [message #258912] Fri, 15 August 2014 11:37 Go to next message
habbyguy is currently offline  habbyguy   United States
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Camping World is running a sale on what looks like a pretty reasonably priced autoswitch:

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/trc-50-amp-automatic-transfer-switch/67274

Seems like that would work for switching between an inverter and shore/generator power as well (if your coach is wired like mine and uses the shore power cord for the generator output as well).


Mark Hickey Mesa, AZ 1978 Royale Center Kitchen
Re: [GMCnet] Generator / shore power autoswitch on sale at Camping World [message #258970 is a reply to message #258912] Fri, 15 August 2014 20:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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That is a good price for a 50A transfer switch. Those are much more
complex than a 30A system requires. I'm not sure, though, about using it
with a single phase inverter. The complexity of the 50A switch arises from
their control of both sides of the split phase system; the two sides are
interlocked by special relays. It may be a simple matter to fool the logic
for the inverter -- or it may not. At any rate, a simple 1-relay system
can be used in conjunction with that shore/generator transfer to also
provide control of an inverter. A minor variant of:

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g3484-automatic-120-vac-power-source-selection.html

Ken H.


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Mark wrote:

> Camping World is running a sale on what looks like a pretty reasonably
> priced autoswitch:
>
>
> http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/trc-50-amp-automatic-transfer-switch/67274
>
> Seems like that would work for switching between an inverter and
> shore/generator power as well (if your coach is wired like mine and uses
> the shore
> power cord for the generator output as well).
> --
>
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Re: Generator / shore power autoswitch on sale at Camping World [message #258984 is a reply to message #258912] Fri, 15 August 2014 22:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
habbyguy is currently offline  habbyguy   United States
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Ken, I agree that the complexity of the autoswitch is more than is absolutely necessary (though at that price, if it works, who cares?). Wink

The schematics you posted were the inspiration for the single-relay system I wired up to switch from my inverter to my generator/shore power...

http://habcycles.com/inverter.jpg

In that case, the total cost was under $20 because I found a really cheap NOS surplus aircraft relay.


Mark Hickey Mesa, AZ 1978 Royale Center Kitchen
Re: [GMCnet] Generator / shore power autoswitch on sale at Camping World [message #258986 is a reply to message #258984] Fri, 15 August 2014 22:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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Mark,

That's neat! You certainly were lucky to find that relay; IF you found one
through the usual commercial sources, it would have cost many times that.
Even the DPDT 120 VDC relays were hard to find and expensive the last time
I looked.

Ken H.


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Mark wrote:

> Ken, I agree that the complexity of the autoswitch is more than is
> absolutely necessary (though at that price, if it works, who cares?). ;)
>
> The schematics you posted were the inspiration for the single-relay system
> I wired up to switch from my inverter to my generator/shore power...
>
> http://habcycles.com/inverter.jpg
>
> In that case, the total cost was under $20 because I found a really cheap
> NOS surplus aircraft relay.
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> Mesa, AZ
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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Re: [GMCnet] Generator / shore power autoswitch on sale at Camping World [message #258993 is a reply to message #258986] Fri, 15 August 2014 23:50 Go to previous message
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Are those prices delivered ?
I can supply then for few dollars les plus freight and no tax outside CA.
We are a full RV parts and equipment and sell lot of refrigerators and
other appliances all over the USA.
Just tell us where we need to be price wise and 95% of the time we can beat
these specials.


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Ken Henderson
wrote:

> Mark,
>
> That's neat! You certainly were lucky to find that relay; IF you found one
> through the usual commercial sources, it would have cost many times that.
> Even the DPDT 120 VDC relays were hard to find and expensive the last time
> I looked.
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Mark wrote:
>
>> Ken, I agree that the complexity of the autoswitch is more than is
>> absolutely necessary (though at that price, if it works, who cares?). ;)
>>
>> The schematics you posted were the inspiration for the single-relay
> system
>> I wired up to switch from my inverter to my generator/shore power...
>>
>> http://habcycles.com/inverter.jpg
>>
>> In that case, the total cost was under $20 because I found a really cheap
>> NOS surplus aircraft relay.
>> --
>> Mark Hickey
>> Mesa, AZ
>> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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