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[dkoldman]

Originally Posted by MLP

Be careful about automatically starting a generator in an RV park. Even though the parks power is out, some parks don't allow generators to be run. I have been in several, but in one park with that rule when the power was out for a half hour and it the park was informed by the power company that it could be 4 to 5 hours to restore, they came around and told each site that they could run their generators. If a park doesn't allow generators, you will be kicked out.

That all being said, go ahead and kick me out for keeping my pets and grandma alive! When checking in, get prior permission for the auto gen start when power is lost. If they refuse, don't go back there.

MLP,

In situation you described; my EC-30 will not auto start due to power loss.

My EC-30 Auto Gen has feature called Quiet Time. It is optionally programmed. I set mine at 10:00 PM START TIME and 7:00 AM END time. So when I am in park with quiet hours I put the AGS in Quiet Time mode. It will NOT Auto Start under any condition including loss of power.

Even when boondocking away from a campsite, I prefer Quiet Time because genset will not try to start up in the middle of the night. It waits until 7:00 AM to either recool the coach or recharge the batteries.

But you pose a interesting test case Let's say it is in Quiet Time mode, the batteries stay fully charged overnight, the coach temperature stays above the HVAC request call, and power goes out at 5:00 AM and stays out to say 9:00AM; will the EC-30 tell it to start at 7:00AM because of loss of power?