Maybe I just don't know how these things work, I freakin' hate AC.
But anyway I just used the inverter prep wire on my camper (a big loop of wire that powers some of the GFCI outlets in the camper, I just want my tv and starlink to stay on) and identified the hot end of the loop.
I wired that and my Victron Phoenix 500's output to the inputs of a Go Power TS-30. The model Will used here
His edition of the ATS may be different, mine has a cover on top of all terminals. So anyway I wired the inverter to the bottom input, the hot end of the inverter prep to the middle, and the output back to the circuit panel to run those GFCI outlets.
Shore power unplugged, inverter on: Television was playing on one of my GFCI outlets (Hooray)
Plugged in shore power and flipped breaker - 20 seconds later (generator warm up time) and it switched, and TV didn't miss a beat. Phoenix output dropped to 0 (Hooray)
Flipped breaker off for shore power a few mins later: TV turned off. Phoenix showed a bit of load but it was tv in standby mode.
So is that normal? I figured it'd fall back to inverter seamlessly.
But anyway I just used the inverter prep wire on my camper (a big loop of wire that powers some of the GFCI outlets in the camper, I just want my tv and starlink to stay on) and identified the hot end of the loop.
I wired that and my Victron Phoenix 500's output to the inputs of a Go Power TS-30. The model Will used here
His edition of the ATS may be different, mine has a cover on top of all terminals. So anyway I wired the inverter to the bottom input, the hot end of the inverter prep to the middle, and the output back to the circuit panel to run those GFCI outlets.
Shore power unplugged, inverter on: Television was playing on one of my GFCI outlets (Hooray)
Plugged in shore power and flipped breaker - 20 seconds later (generator warm up time) and it switched, and TV didn't miss a beat. Phoenix output dropped to 0 (Hooray)
Flipped breaker off for shore power a few mins later: TV turned off. Phoenix showed a bit of load but it was tv in standby mode.
So is that normal? I figured it'd fall back to inverter seamlessly.