Generator / Invertor
We put the Predator generator to the test this weekend. We purchased the 2000 watt and we were very disappointed in it's ability to power anything. We were able to get a pot of coffee and that was it....
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AutomationIsComing wrote:Ride S40T wrote:
Won't run a lot of things without the home made jumper plug to settle the floating ground.
You gotta explain that one to me haha
People who have installed an energy management system, like the Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C or EMS-HW50C, have a problem with generators with a "floating neutral." (It is not a floating ground.) The EMS checks for a good ground because a house's wiring has a good ground. If the ground is not there, the EMS will not connect power, thinking the wiring is bad.
A generator with a floating neutral does not have the ground pin connected to anything. The hot and neutral wires are the only ones connected. The EMS does not like this. At all.
You fix this by buying or making a "bonding plug" and plugging it into an outlet ON THE GENERATOR. (It costs about $3 to make.)
Go to a big box hardware store and buy a 3 prong replacement plug, and a couple of inches of wire. Open the plug and wire the ground pin to the neutral pin. DO NOT WIRE ANYTHING TO THE HOT PIN. Plug this into an outlet on the generator, and the EMS is fooled into thinking you have a good ground, and will let power through.
I have one for my Honda EU2000. It has a second benefit for me. You are not supposed to shut down the generator while it is powering stuff. I just unplug the bonding plug, and the EMS senses the loss of ground, and shuts off all power to the RV. Now, the generator is not powering anything (except the control circuit of the EMS, itself).
