Sine Wave Inverter Anomaly
After following this recent discussion about how to best utilize a sine wave inverter for RV use I decided to go ahead and buy the 1000 watt model mentioned in this discussion since it was on sale for...
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brulaz wrote:
Well, the Prog Ind EMS doesn't like this inverter (same as OP's). It refuses to start up with an E2 or "Open Ground" error, but says there's 118VAC present at 60HZ.
And with Prog Ind's strong words against bonding (quoted earlier above), I don't think I'll try that. Have sent Prog Ind an email about it but no response so far.
Seems like you're currently between a "rock and a hard place" if your new EMS won't pass the inverter's floating neutral output but the manufacturer warns against bonding. :E FWIW, TRC now offers an upgraded Surge Guard 34830 model which also won't pass power if it detects what it believes is an "open ground", unlike my earlier version Surge Guard 34730 which ignores it and does pass power. While you're waiting for a response from Progressive I'd suggest you grab a coffee, sit down and take l-o-n-g hard read of that bonding discussion linked to earlier. Heck, I've been at it twice now and I'm still only at Page 15! If nothing else, because of what has been brought up I may add a GFCI to both my genset and inverter outputs ... but because of all the "professional", yet heated arguments in support of either view, I'm still not convinced whether to bond or not to bond. :h
