Surprised there's no comments on this vid , I just received a 3000 w unit and found this very informative. Thank you for the time and effort you put into it. So when you were explaining the ground, if I wanted to use this as an emergency power for my furnace I would have to run a ground from the inverter to my furnace ???
If you are using this to power your furnace in an emergency. 1. You need to make sure that you have disconnected your furnace from the household connection. When the power comes back on current The current will flow the other way back to the inverter and that can cause a dangerous situation. This disconnection will isolate your furnace from your household system. It will also mean that your furnace is isolated from your household ground. 2. The plug you use to connect your furnace to the inverter will already have a ground connection that will connect the furnace and the inverter assuming you are using a three prong connector. 3. With the furnace isolated from #1 and plugged into the inverter #2, you would still be missing a true connection to ground. What you would do is run the ground wire from the ground terminal on the inverter to something that runs to the earth. A common approach if you have copper plumbing would be to connect the ground wire to the plumbing. If you don't have copper pipes the other approach is to use a metal stake driven into the ground. Hope that helps
@jtechlabs1 well thank you didn't expect such a quick response. My main concern was the ground . I'm waiting for a response from York asking if there is anything that would Hinder this from working. Again thank you reply.
OK. So it comes with a ground wire. One end goes on the inverter and the other goes WHERE. If using in a house could I just connect it to the ground on a plug. Or just use a Ground Bonding Plug on one receptacle of the inverter?
The ideal thing would be to connect the inverter to a grounding rod. If you have below ground copper pipes for your water service that is frequently a substitute for the grounding rod. In your home the ground wire on your plug should ultimately connect to your ground point. Connecting to the ground of a plug would work. My concern would be the labelling so that someone else that comes across your setup would understand what is going on. Out of your home you would need a metal rod that you drive into the ground or equivalent. I would not recommend the ground bonding plug. That's a total hack and can do unexpected things to the safety objectives of an electrical system.
Surprised there's no comments on this vid , I just received a 3000 w unit and found this very informative. Thank you for the time and effort you put into it. So when you were explaining the ground, if I wanted to use this as an emergency
power for my furnace I would have to run a ground from the inverter to my furnace ???
If you are using this to power your furnace in an emergency.
1. You need to make sure that you have disconnected your furnace from the household connection. When the power comes back on current The current will flow the other way back to the inverter and that can cause a dangerous situation. This disconnection will isolate your furnace from your household system. It will also mean that your furnace is isolated from your household ground.
2. The plug you use to connect your furnace to the inverter will already have a ground connection that will connect the furnace and the inverter assuming you are using a three prong connector.
3. With the furnace isolated from #1 and plugged into the inverter #2, you would still be missing a true connection to ground. What you would do is run the ground wire from the ground terminal on the inverter to something that runs to the earth. A common approach if you have copper plumbing would be to connect the ground wire to the plumbing. If you don't have copper pipes the other approach is to use a metal stake driven into the ground.
Hope that helps
@jtechlabs1 well thank you didn't expect such a quick response.
My main concern was the ground . I'm waiting for a response from York asking if there is anything that would
Hinder this from working. Again thank you reply.
OK. So it comes with a ground wire. One end goes on the inverter and the other goes WHERE. If using in a house could I just connect it to the ground on a plug. Or just use a Ground Bonding Plug on one receptacle of the inverter?
The ideal thing would be to connect the inverter to a grounding rod. If you have below ground copper pipes for your water service that is frequently a substitute for the grounding rod. In your home the ground wire on your plug should ultimately connect to your ground point. Connecting to the ground of a plug would work. My concern would be the labelling so that someone else that comes across your setup would understand what is going on. Out of your home you would need a metal rod that you drive into the ground or equivalent.
I would not recommend the ground bonding plug. That's a total hack and can do unexpected things to the safety objectives of an electrical system.