Champion Generator & SurgeGuard - Ground-Neutral Bond req'd?
I've got a very similar situation to another post, but it was a little older so I started a new topic.
I have a new Champion 3500 inverter generator and a newly installed SurgeGuard 50A hard-wired surge protector. Upon connecting the generator, it would charge the batteries and power the ceiling fan (after the SurgeGuard start-up delay) but when I tried the 15K A/C, the SurgeGuard faulted and cut power. Tried another approx 15 times, some with AC and some without (no load, only batteries charging). With the AC, usually it would run 3-5 seconds before the SurgeGuard would fault. With no load, the SurgeGuard faulted instantly sometimes and others times it would not fault and continue to charge batteries.
I suspect I need to plug in a ground-neutral bond plug which I knew nothing about after researching to buy fifth wheels, surge protectors, and generators until this happened and I started digging deeper. A couple specific things made me want to confirm this with others here:
(1) SurgeGuard unit does not provide a specific error for Open Ground - there are 4 different errors that can be occcuring with the same combination of lights on/off. Suspecting it is open ground.
(2) Why would the SurgeGuard not fault instantly when connected to the generator (well, after the start-up delay). It would start and run the AC for up to 5 seconds before faulting and would sometimes run the converter continuously with no load except for batteries charging.
Do I need to in fact plug in a ground-neutral bond on this Champion 3500? And are the prongs typically wired the same to know which one (left or right) is the neutral? Thanks in advance.
This is the month-old post similar to my question with another Champion generator but a Progressive Industries surge protector:
Open Ground indication
I have a new Champion 3500 inverter generator and a newly installed SurgeGuard 50A hard-wired surge protector. Upon connecting the generator, it would charge the batteries and power the ceiling fan (after the SurgeGuard start-up delay) but when I tried the 15K A/C, the SurgeGuard faulted and cut power. Tried another approx 15 times, some with AC and some without (no load, only batteries charging). With the AC, usually it would run 3-5 seconds before the SurgeGuard would fault. With no load, the SurgeGuard faulted instantly sometimes and others times it would not fault and continue to charge batteries.
I suspect I need to plug in a ground-neutral bond plug which I knew nothing about after researching to buy fifth wheels, surge protectors, and generators until this happened and I started digging deeper. A couple specific things made me want to confirm this with others here:
(1) SurgeGuard unit does not provide a specific error for Open Ground - there are 4 different errors that can be occcuring with the same combination of lights on/off. Suspecting it is open ground.
(2) Why would the SurgeGuard not fault instantly when connected to the generator (well, after the start-up delay). It would start and run the AC for up to 5 seconds before faulting and would sometimes run the converter continuously with no load except for batteries charging.
Do I need to in fact plug in a ground-neutral bond on this Champion 3500? And are the prongs typically wired the same to know which one (left or right) is the neutral? Thanks in advance.
This is the month-old post similar to my question with another Champion generator but a Progressive Industries surge protector:
Open Ground indication
