Run AC's from Inverters or not

[davidbrady]

(07-31-2017 12:35)cmillsap Wrote:  

(07-31-2017 02:05)davidbrady Wrote:  Hi Chuck,

Have you had a chance to stop by Coburg to discuss this with Marathon? It's an interesting setup. I wonder how inverter charging works when on generator power with all of your AC's running. It looks to me like only one charger would be working. It'd be interesting to hear Marathon's rationale for their approach.

David,

I have been there and gone. I was in such a daze after receiving the bill that I forgot to ask them about it.

Yikes, must'a been a pricey! I know how you feel; sometimes you just want to get the bus out the door so the clock stops!

Someone told me the Marathon chooses whether to power the two AC's via the inverter or pass-thru via the generator based on discharge level of the battery bank. That would probably require an external shunt to keep track of state of charge or a way to parse the remote control user interface for the Trace SW to extract battery state info.