John Frum
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
Scenario
Half my living space is on one 15amp fuse
The plan is to put that living space on UPS
this space shall be called "the ups protected space"
The UPS is either an inverter/charger/with automatic transfer switch + battery
or
an inverter + discrete AC charger + battery
The UPS gets power from a circuit outside of the UPS protected space
The fuse for the UPS protected space is removed
The UPS protected space is energised via
a suicide cord from the inverter to an outlet in the UPS protected space
The neutral ground bond is somewhere beyond my control upstream of my fuse box
With the inverter/charger in passthrough(transfer switch) mode
will I have problems with multiple neutral paths?
With the inverter/charger running in battery mode
will I have problems with multiple neutral paths?
With the inverter and discrete charger
will I have complete galvanic isolation for the UPS protected space?
I have an idea for a test...
If I have a gfci outlet in the UPS protected space
and I can run a load without tripping the outlet breaker
then things are good right?
Scenario
Half my living space is on one 15amp fuse
The plan is to put that living space on UPS
this space shall be called "the ups protected space"
The UPS is either an inverter/charger/with automatic transfer switch + battery
or
an inverter + discrete AC charger + battery
The UPS gets power from a circuit outside of the UPS protected space
The fuse for the UPS protected space is removed
The UPS protected space is energised via
a suicide cord from the inverter to an outlet in the UPS protected space
The neutral ground bond is somewhere beyond my control upstream of my fuse box
With the inverter/charger in passthrough(transfer switch) mode
will I have problems with multiple neutral paths?
With the inverter/charger running in battery mode
will I have problems with multiple neutral paths?
With the inverter and discrete charger
will I have complete galvanic isolation for the UPS protected space?
I have an idea for a test...
If I have a gfci outlet in the UPS protected space
and I can run a load without tripping the outlet breaker
then things are good right?
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