It’s the latter. The 30a outlet can provide all.
I don't think this will work ? as the F150's Generator is "bonded-neutral" which Generlink specifically call out as being incompatible - it will cause the GFCI to trip. FWIW, the F150 is designed this way to be OSHA compliant for GFCI safety at job-sites etc. but this is redundant for the home situation where the house panel is also protected. We need a different kind of transfer switch which properly handles a bonded-neutral generator with GFCI on the 240V output.
Yup, you are correct.. The weird thing is that most portable generators have a bonded neutral as well.. You can easily change that, but I don't believe my large generator has a GFCI on the 50amp plug.. So it doesn't care.. A shame for sure..
I have read that (as you say) many portable generators have bonded-neutral *but* also an easy way to change that e.g. by disconnecting a jumper wire. Ford's F150 setup doesn't seem to have anything like this i.e. no easy way to turn the generator into a floating-neutral setup, probably for liability/safety reasons.
I did some research and found that an interlock switch fit my needs perfectly and was much cheaper than a transfer switch. You turn the main breaker off (the interlock keeps you from turning on the generator breaker unless the main is off) and then turn whatever breakers you want to run while your generator is on.
the WHOLE point of the transfer switch is keep YOUR GENERATOR off the supply grid and back feeding electrical power into the system. it IS extremely dangerous and illegal which unfortunately is completely different from possible or not.
Does the interlock switch break both the live *and* neutral wires i.e. properly solve the need to switch the neutral completely to the truck?
I tried the interlock approach and it doesn't work. The grounds are a problem, not just the neutrals. I tried pulling the neutral out of the main panel lug and still didn't work,. I could have dove deeper into the problem but I didn't want to take everything apart testing stuff.
Im no electrtion and I don’t know what kind of equipment I have, but I know all we had to do to fix the ground fault issue was disassemble the male end of the chord and disconnect the ground. We put it back together and it works flawlessly. If I need to take pictures of the equipment I don’t mind.
So you disconnected the ground on the plug that plugs into the truck?
I did try disconnecting the ground. Thought I didn't do it inside plug, I had it unhooked inside the electrical panel and I still got a ground fault at the F-150. Maybe when you have time a few pictures of your setup would help. Maybe I'm missing something simple. Inside electrical panel would be great.
yes, inside the plug. We disconnected inside the plug, cut the excess copper from that wire and put a little electric tape, then reassembled. So looking at it assembled, you would never know we did it. We may do another one today, I will post pictures
