This is an easy mod. I am far and away no electrician and even I was able to fabricate a neutral bonding plug from an old plug that gave me access to the wiring.
You don't need to bond them unless you're going through some sort of EMS. Be aware that many Solar Power Stations don't even have a ground contact in outlets, so you would need to plug in a power strip and add a bonding plug in the power strip. But that's only if you have an EMS shutting off power due to a "missing ground" error. And if you're going through some sort of transfer switch, your house electrical system will already be bonded, so a second bond isn't allowed or needed.
I recently saw this article and wanted to thank you. We bought a Westinghouse iGen4000fc to enable us to boondock longer with our travel trailer. We don’t have a built in inverter (yet) and wanted to run be able to power coffee maker, TV and also charge the travel trailer battery. The i4000 worked fine to power all the appliances but would NOT charge the battery. We knew it wasn’t any issues with the trailer/converter because our Bluetti power station showed a charge to the battery when plugged into the camper.
After reading your article, I purchased the binding plug and voila! The i4000 now charges the battery.
I don’t understand it all yet but I appreciate what I’m learning from your articles.
How would this work when running 2 generators in parallel? Would there be a need for a Bonding Plug in each machine or would 1 plug in one of the paralleled machines be sufficient?
According to my Honda contact that was done to make it easier to power your house. That’s a bunch of baloney. It’s actually because UL and the NEC did not require generators under 5kW with a floating neutral to use a GFCI protected outlet.
I recently purchased 2 Pecron E3600LFP power stations for home backup. I plan to use 1 part time with my RV. Should the neutral bonding plug be used with a portable power station?
This is an easy mod. I am far and away no electrician and even I was able to fabricate a neutral bonding plug from an old plug that gave me access to the wiring.
You don't need to bond them unless you're going through some sort of EMS. Be aware that many Solar Power Stations don't even have a ground contact in outlets, so you would need to plug in a power strip and add a bonding plug in the power strip. But that's only if you have an EMS shutting off power due to a "missing ground" error. And if you're going through some sort of transfer switch, your house electrical system will already be bonded, so a second bond isn't allowed or needed.
I recently saw this article and wanted to thank you. We bought a Westinghouse iGen4000fc to enable us to boondock longer with our travel trailer. We don’t have a built in inverter (yet) and wanted to run be able to power coffee maker, TV and also charge the travel trailer battery. The i4000 worked fine to power all the appliances but would NOT charge the battery. We knew it wasn’t any issues with the trailer/converter because our Bluetti power station showed a charge to the battery when plugged into the camper.
After reading your article, I purchased the binding plug and voila! The i4000 now charges the battery.
I don’t understand it all yet but I appreciate what I’m learning from your articles.
Thank you again
You’re very welcome… 😊
How would this work when running 2 generators in parallel? Would there be a need for a Bonding Plug in each machine or would 1 plug in one of the paralleled machines be sufficient?
I still have never heard a good explanation as to why a generator would have a floating ground??
I understand the code, only one NG connection at the source but, it's a generator. Isn't it always the source?
According to my Honda contact that was done to make it easier to power your house. That’s a bunch of baloney. It’s actually because UL and the NEC did not require generators under 5kW with a floating neutral to use a GFCI protected outlet.
Mike,
I recently purchased 2 Pecron E3600LFP power stations for home backup. I plan to use 1 part time with my RV. Should the neutral bonding plug be used with a portable power station?
Thanks,
Bob