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I'm admittedly at the limit of knowing what I'm talking about here, but maybe to use interlocked breakers it is a matter of how the cable to the truck is made up? Why is it even important for neutral to be bonded to ground in the truck? There is no real earth ground there. So maybe the truck...

If this is true, that brings into question why they'd go for a DC option at all. Maybe it's this: If you want to power the house, it's at least intuitively sensible to do it through the EVSE. It is also probably a good idea that there is never any question about which side (the vehicle or the...

Another consideration that supports this is that even if you used the whole 9.6 kW off the truck, assuming the high end guess for the battery capacity of 150 kWh, that would only be good for less than 16 hours of home backup, which is not much in an extended power outage. If you just used...

OK, I think we're pretty much on the same page. It hasn't helped that Ford used "Pro" to designate something about the vehicle but also a version of the charging station, which is what I thought you were talking about. I'm trying to figure out what you mean by "What is unique is that it...

This article from Ford says their Pro charging station will do Level 2. I think they'd probably say if it did Level 3. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/05/24/all-electric-f-150-lightning-pro.html I'm guessing the vehicle itself can probably be charged with DC but...

I agree with most of your post, but I'm slightly dubious about this part. First off, my understanding is that the PRO charging station doesn't do level 3 (DC) charging, so if that is true there's no DC voltage TO the vehicle at all. Also, the charging station is itself powered by AC from the...

Trying it is the best way to find out. Some people use a UPS for "grid forming" for their solar inverters like this. But if you do this you should make sure your household circuits are separated from the grid, via a transfer switch or mechanical interlock between breakers for the generator (or...

I am not familiar with that inverter, but looking at the documentation, it appears it only has one AC connection, which is meant for the grid side of things (as opposed to critical loads the inverter could power with the grid down). If that is the case, the inverter is going to shut down when...

I don't know, that's a good question. There are various qualities of inverters out there. The ones that say they generate "pure sine waves" are better and more expensive. I don't know what Ford is promising. It's usually more sensitive electronic items that are going depend on clean 60Hz...

since you plan to use the AC outlets on the truck or a generator, yes. If you were going to use the 9.6kW DC output and your solar inverter, I don't think you need one separate from your solaredge inverter. you'll need some charging station for charging purposes but if you don't plan to...

I think maybe I wasn't clear why I brought that up. Yes, sure, they are inverters. You were talking about how some inverters need to convert AC to DC. In a system like mine, from SolarEdge, there is no need for this as the DC from the solar panels directly charges the battery. In an AC...

It depends. Solar panels generate DC directly, but many installations use "microinverters" which are located at the solar panels and convert each panel's output to AC. In this type of installation no other inverter is needed, unless there is battery backup. See below why this is relevant...

I think I see what's probably going on here. If you use one of the AC outlets on this vehicle, you don't need an inverter to connect it to your house, you just need a transfer switch like to connect any generator. But you will be limited to the power output of that AC outlet, which I think...