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I just got back and read your post and I want to make sure that you understand that you have two separate electrical systems in your RV. It is not like a house. The 12v electrical system is similar to your car system and runs all your RV interior lights, radio, slides, awning, water pump, front shade and fans. The 12v also runs the fan in your furnace and electrical part of your refrigerator. The propane systems is the other part that powers those two systems as well as your stovetop. When you are plugged into shore power or on your generator the 120v system runs your AC, microwave, TV, electrical side of your hot water heater and all your outlets. These systems will not run on 12v. If your coach has an inverter, it converts 12v to 120v to run some 120v systems, but it takes a lot of battery power. If you are plugged in to shore power or on generator, your converter/charger converts the 120v to 12v to charge your batteries as they continue to provide power to your 12v system. The transfer switch makes all this happen seamlessly.
If you plug a 12v device directly into a 120v socket, it will destroy the 12v device and maybe much worse. The same thing would happen if your 12v system in your RV was connected directly to your 120v system. They must be kept separate and are only connected thru an inverter or converter/charger.
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