New to using Shore Power

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Tully, if you don't have a manual for your Coach, call Country Coach and get a copy. The simple answear is yes, you just plug it in. The long version has to do with Surge protection at the source, correct voltage and polarity, confirmation your auto transfer switch is working correctly, Load managment with your on board display, circuit breaker check, etc.

Hello Tully,

As Garyde said there is much more to this question and it will important to find your CC owners manual.

You however asked 2 questions and lets start there. But first I must ask how you are storing the bus now when you are not on the road, how to you supply power to the bus when its stored???


1. 50 amp shore power: Are you sure that you will have access to a 50 amp source of power? If so great, if not then you must be prepared to manage with less, 30 or even 20 amps. This of course brings us to the next 2 questions. 1A. Inverters, and 1B. Transfer of clean source of shore power.
On my bus,(Marathon conversion) when I connect to shore power I first can inspect the power source at my bus to insure that the polarity is correct before I flip the breaker at the bus and allow a source of power to flow through my inverters. Check to see if this is the case with your CC. (maybe another CC owner can advise on this) Next is your inverters. If you have 2 like ours, one for each leg, "MAIN" and "AUX" then you will need to address the inverter remote panels for the correct settings, especially when you are using shore power that is less than 50 amps and are powering up lots of heavy use items in the bus, like all of your airconditioners etc. If you have less than 50 amps, lets say 30 amps (shore power) you need to adjust your inverters to a max of 14 amps per side at the panel so that you do not overload the system. You then will want to be careful with your usage of power inside the bus, fewer air conditioners etc.

You can of course run the genset to overcome this if more power is needed, (this will require resettings the inverter amperage back to 50 amps per side) but lets start with understanding the basics to make your first outing more fun.

When you get to a your final destination or when you are at the bus and have access to the internet and have shore power it might be a good idea to practice before you hit he road. This way one of us can walk you through the process.

Good luck, and have a great time at the concert.