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[QUOTE=SuperD;72531]If your engine battery is still good you can start the coach engine and get power to start the generator. Engine alternator charges the the coach batteries, if they are present, when its running.[/QUOTEi

I have always wondered if it is OK to have the engine running if you try to start the generator using the engine battery. Usually you want to do that when you are out in the middle of nowhere and I am always afraid that I will run the engine battery down, not start the generator and then not be able to start the engine. If you have the engine running and the generator starts, you will have two charging systems charging the batteries at the same time - not a good thing. However, since there is a built in delay in the generator after it starts and before it turns on the 115v power, it seems to me that you could have the engine running, start the generator and then turn off the engine before the generator turns on its charging system. I have been too chicken to try it and prefer to start the engine, charge up the house batteries a little and then try to start the generator. Any comments?