No 110 from "shore"
- Thread starter Wolfden16
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Hello Wolfden16 and welcome to this great forum. Lots of helpful people here.
I'm no expert on gensets, but I think there are a couple of things you can check.
Check the breaker in pedestal that you are plugged into.
There may be a couple of breakers on your transfer switch. Check them.
And if you just had that Onan installed you might want to check the wires at the transfer switch. One or more may be loose
Before doing any electrical work be sure to turn off the generator and unplug from shore power.
If all else fails, call the installer.
Peace
Dave
I'm no expert on gensets, but I think there are a couple of things you can check.
Check the breaker in pedestal that you are plugged into.
There may be a couple of breakers on your transfer switch. Check them.
And if you just had that Onan installed you might want to check the wires at the transfer switch. One or more may be loose
Before doing any electrical work be sure to turn off the generator and unplug from shore power.
If all else fails, call the installer.
Peace
Dave
danemayer
Well-known member
Hi Wolfden16,
The genset should have been installed with an automatic transfer switch that allows only one power source to be used at a time. Assuming the correct transfer switch, installed correctly, when you fired up the genset, it should have automatically switched to the genset about 30 seconds after the generator was started. When you turn off the generator, the switch should automatically switch back to shore power.
If everything was installed correctly, there shouldn't be a problem caused by starting the generator while plugged into shore power.
The automatic transfer switch needs to have a minimum of 105V on L1 for the contactors to engage. So a loose shore power cord could easily be responsible.
