Month: December 2024

Travel from Orange to Palm Desert, California

We drove our coach 103 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange, California to Palm Desert, California.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east; the start of our eastward migration for 2024, heading from California to Florida:

Map

An interactive map:

Leaving the RV park:

Leaving the RV park

Getting on CA-55 North:

Getting on CA-55 North

Marine layer:

Marine layer

Marine layer

Hills:

Hills

Ah I-10, our old friend; one of the worst quality freeways in the country:

I-10 East

Cabazon Dinosaurs (which we visited a couple of years ago):

Cabazon Dinosaurs

Rest area, where we had an early lunch to kill some time, as we were too early for check-in:

Rest area

Paladin on the dash when getting back on the freeway (he jumped down moments later):

Paladin on the dash when getting back on the freeway

Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs overpass:

Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs overpass

Our destination, the Thousand Trails Palm Springs entrance:

Thousand Trails Palm Springs entrance

Check in:

Thousand Trails Palm Springs check in

Paladin on the dash going to our site:

Paladin on dash going to our site

How to prevent the auto-generator start (AGS) from turning off when manually starting the generator

For Tiffin owners (or anyone with a Magnum inverter), having the auto-generator start (AGS) enabled is a good idea, even if you are normally connected to shore power. It’s useful so if there is an extended power cut at the RV park, the generator will turn on before the battery level gets too low. (I have mine set to come on for 2 hours when the battery drops to 12.2V, which is about 50%, since I have AGM batteries.)

If you boondock at any time, or use your generator while driving for AC in hot months, or even just the monthly exercise you should be giving it, you may find an annoyance with the system: if you manually start the generator, it will automatically disable the AGS feature.

But fear not, there is a solution:

  1. Press the AGS button on the Magnum control panel.
  2. Turn the dial until you get to the AGS TECH item, and press the dial to select that.
  3. Turn the dial until you get to the AGS Mode item, and press to select.
  4. Turn the dial to change from RV to Other, and press to select.

Now the AGS will remain on, even after starting the generator manually. Much more convenient.

Here’s what the AGS TECH menu item looks like:

AGS TECH menu item

And with AGS Mode: Other selected:

AGS Mode: Other

I hope this helps!