Yep, unplug the Watchdog and all is manual, yet everything charges just fine. Our is working as it should on autostart and not. Or, just turn off the Auto Start in the electrical panel if you don't want it to automatically start.

Now, I just noticed another issue. I've got a call in to Tony at Liberty awaiting his response. I started the generator while dry camping and noticed that the house batteries, at the beginning of the inverter/charger cycle were NOT charging the house batteries at 14.5 volts as they should. I talked to Lifeline Batteries and they said that as soon as AC is supplied to the inverters, either as shore power or generator power, the normal 14.5 volts should show up for the first hour of charging (Freedom Combi 25 inverters). That is NOT happening, so I suspect a transfer switch failure. What I see with the generator running would be more like a smaller alternator charge. I don't really get it . . . yet.

Is this related? . . . a few moths ago, I started the generator while plugged into shore power (probably should not?). Everything seemed fine until I unplugged the shore power cord. It was an extension cord, not the cord reel. One of the plug prongs was fried. It didn't short and trip a breaker, it just burned and kind of melted. Maybe a transfer switch problem? I don't know, but I'm working on it.

I'll start a new thread when I learn something, for posterity.