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Optional Engine Generator and 2,500 Watt Inverter
Your vehicle may be equipped with this option. If so, you typically have all the electricity you can use driving down the road
because the engine generator is producing electrical power. You can operate the convection oven, the air conditioner or any
other single large appliance and still have power left over to keep the batteries charged. However, once stopped, and
particularly after sunset when the solar panel is not producing electricity, turning off electrical items when not in use will
make the charge in your batteries last for a longer period of time.
Engine generator
2500 watt inverter
If your vehicle is equipped with an engine generator, the engine generator is mounted on the vehicle engine and is operated
by idling the vehicle engine. If your coach batteries are low, simply start the vehicle engine and let it idle until the batteries
are sufficiently charged. Usually 30 minutes of idling are enough to restore moderately depleted coach batteries to a useful
level of charge.
As with a conventional generator, always close the rear windows of the vehicle and turn off the roof ventilation fan when the
engine generator is charging the batteries to avoid exhaust entering the vehicle's interior.
The engine generator is charging the coach batteries whenever the vehicle's engine is in operation, which means you are
charging them as you drive. You will arrive at your camping destination with fully charged coach batteries.
There is no required maintenance for the engine generator. Note, however, that your vehicle's serpentine belt (the belt which
drives the vehicle's alternator, water pump, power steering, etc.) will be different than the one for similar vehicles without the
