Thank you. This was helpful!

Can be done, but the math seems faulty. You chose to purchase a $500 chargeverter so you could charge your batteries while selling power back to the grid. And you use the F-150 to run the chargeverter. Thus, basically using one battery to charge another. At some point the F-150 needs to be recharged. I’m going be to surprised that: when the sun is out that the Sol-Ark will power the house load, charge the F-150, charge the batteries, AND still have sufficient excess to sell back to the grid. (I believe) The F-150 can be connected to the Sol-Ark to power a house and recharge the batteries without the chargeverter.

Thanks… a timely video for me. 2 years back I set up a sol-ark off-grid system in a cabin. Now I’m moving that simple 1 sol-ark - 1 battery - 1 generator to my new build. That old system functioned so well that I seldom put my hands on it. I forgot everything that I once knew. The new system has 2 sol-arks, 8 Kilovault 7.5 HAB batteries, and 2 14kw gens… This is a great refresher course for me. As well as a great tool for new users.

Thanks for the video. Do you need to do anything special to keep the Sol Ark and Chargeverter from charging at the same time? I assume the Sol Ark is using closed loop comms and the Chargeverter charges by voltage?

Cool experiment

This is how I numbered the Westinghouse wgen9500 ATS pin out connection. With the notch being at the top position (12:00 position) and counting the pins in a clock wise order, the order is pin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, with pin 7 in the middle position. Pin 1 is 21.2 volts w/gen on (run signal 1) Pin 2 is 11.7 volts w/gen on (run signal 2) Pin 3 is a ground (Do Not Use w/Gscm mini) Pin 4 if connected to pin 5 starts/stop generator Pin 5 if connected to pin 4 starts/stop generator Pin 6 is the positive battery Pin 7 is NOT USED Pin 1 is attached to 9 (L1) on gscm mini Pin 2 is attached to 10 (N) on gscm mini Pin 3 is NOT USED. (Use battery ground for gscm mini’s ground connection) Pin 4 is attached to 13 on the gscm mini Pin 5 is attached to 14 on the gscm mini Pin 6 is attached to 2 (DC+) on gscm mini Port 1 (DC-) on gscm mini should be attached directly to battery negative. Do not use pin 3 because pin 3 will make the generator keep turning on and off. 1 of the 2 wire start wires needs to be split into 2 wires and attach to the gscm mini at 3 (+) on gscm mini and also at 6 (relay option) on the gscm mini. I don’t think it matters which wire you use from the 2 wire start. The 2nd wire of the 2 wire start is attached to 5 (man. start) on gscm mini.

The chargeverter's maximum output voltage is not high enough to fully charge a 48 Volt LFP battery pack.

Hi Gerald, I am using a GSCM- WiFi to connect between a WGen9500DFc and an EG4 3kW inverter. I'm interested in the details of how you used the ATS 7 pin plug to connect the GSCM wiring?

Just inherited the same one. Thank you. Doing the same to my house. What all can you run off yours? I have a carrier 3 ton heat pump. Any issues with the total harmonic distortion? I hear its high on this particular model.

I found your other video where you show how to set up the two wire relay. That’s cool. I’m still interested in your feedback on the THD % though. I have heard that some folks with EG4 inverters have had issues when running non-inverter generators a.k.a. “dirty power “ generators.

I found your other video where you show how to set up the two wire relay. That’s cool. It’s probably cheaper to just have a battery tender to keep everything charged and ready to go versus burning 20 minutes of gas each week. The real benefit is having the ability for the generator to self start when the batteries reach a certain level. I know you briefly mentioned what it might look like if it were running at night. That would be a cool video add-on to actually see that demo when you exceed the output of the generator. Keep the videos coming you’re showing content that no one else is.👍

Interesting video and demo! Did you get the 2-wire start to work with your Westinghouse generator? If so how did you wire it all up? Also are you concerned with the generator’s 23%THD? I thought Sol-ark says it should be below 15% Thanks

Whay brand model gen are you using?

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Thanks so much for making this! I have a Sol-Ark 15K too (it's how I found your video!) and I'm hoping to find a way to disconnect neutral from the grid when flipping over to the truck, like you mention around the 9 minute mark. I'm not an electrician either and I'm not sure about disconnecting the ground from the truck. From what I understand, the purpose of the bond is to force the fault current to flow back through the truck, which might not happen if the truck is not grounded? The issue is the 4 wire double throw transfer switches I've found are sbout 3x the cost. Maybe worth it I'm not sure. Anyways thanks again for making this and explaining how the truck snd house are wired together I really appreciate it.

This is amazing! Super clean install. What is the model of the transfer switch? I assume it is a three pole with the ground/neutral bond on the grid side, to not cause an alarm on the F-150?

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Thats what i'm striving for. looks good!

Excellent video

Thanks For The Comment!! I did not modify the 30 amp cord coming from the Lightning to the 30 amp inlet box. Most of the inlet boxes come with a 2 wire grounding bus bar and a green wire already attached to one of the bus bar connections. I connected the ground wire coming from the Sol-Ark to the other bus bar connection. I did NOT connect the ground from inlet socket to the bus bar connections because the Lightning has GFCI protection to shut off it’s power in case of a ground fault. I connected the Lightning to a transfer switch that switches from grid power to the Lightning and then feeds the grid connection of the Sol-Ark. I AM NOT AN ELECTRICIAN! So, please consult with an electrician and always safety first!

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I have 6 of the Fortress Power Eflex batteries and they are 5.4kW each which comes to about 32.4kW of battery power. Thanks For The Comment!!

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Nice setup. How much battery storage do you have and what batteries did you go with?

Excellent setup. On the cable between lightning to house, did you make this? Did you use the ground wire or left it on connected on this cable? Also do you have the sol-ark configured not to backfeed the grid or are you connecting the ford input as a generator connection on the sol-ark?