Electrical Management Systems questions
I'm considering installing a hard wired EMS. I recently saw a thread, that I can't find again, that implied these EMS systems will not work with an inverter generator supplying the trailer. I real...
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SoundGuy wrote:Bobbo wrote:
Build a bonding plug.
Instead of building a bonding plug build a bonding dongle that will allow you to make full use of both 120 vac receptacles on your Honda EU2000i. First buy a 30 amp RV female pigtail like this ...
... and a contractor grade 15 amp male plug like this ...
Wire the 15 amp plug to the pigtail and when doing so wire the plug's neutral to ground pin as shown in Bobbo's picture above.
Plug the dongle into one of your EU2000i's receptacles and your trailer's 30 amp main service cable into the dongle - your genset is now bonded but you can also plug another device into the genset's second receptacle, even a fan to help cool the genset as I used to do when my genset was sitting in the back of my truck.
That's an interesting concept. Make your own BONDED 15a to 30a adapter.
Dryfly, you asked Planning if he routinely used his bonding plug. I am not Planning, but I use my bonding plug every time my RV is plugged in to the generator. I do not use the bonding plug if using the generator for anything else.
