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I have a FranklinWh battery that does all of those things AND lets me use my truck to top it off during extended outages. Where I live, you can see outages for a week or more at a time. I see my neighbors with their Powerwalls surviving the first night and part of the next day. But then when the...

Were you trying this in test mode? Try flipping your main from the grid to simulate a real power outage. Mine would fail in test mode but worked perfectly during a “real” outage.

🍿🍿 Thank you @v2h8484 and @Maquis. I am not an electrician or electrical engineer and only know enough to be dangerous. I am happy to hear that you both believe the setup is safe even though it may be against code. This setup will be rarely used so I'm comfortable with a safe, non-code compliant...

Also, I just received this from their engineering team when I asked them about the configuration. Regarding your question about grounding: your approach of removing the ground connection between the truck and your generator inlet is consistent with the guidance in our Vehicle-to-Load (V2L)...

Hey everyone, I've attached the White Paper from FranklinWH to my original post. Here are some highlights from the document. They acknowledge the grounding issue and state that ground wire does need to be disconnected. For the Ford F150, the NEMA 14 plug connecting to the F150 will need to...

You're welcome! I also received a white paper from Franklin about using EVs for this purpose. I just asked my contact at Franklin if I can share it publicly or not. I would imagine the answer is yes since I am only a customer to them. Once I get his go ahead, I'll post it here.

My aGate is set up to use the Lightning as a vehicle for V2L. This isn’t very different from the Generator function of the aGate. You can also use the Lightning in Generator mode, though the startup process is a little different. Both functions use the same inlet and Generator Module on the...

I am new to the Greta Van Fleet fan club but I am now a big fan!

It’s just for emergency backup. In the summer, we have plenty of solar to charge the battery and power our household loads. But in the winter, it’s the rainy season, we can lose power for several days at a time. This lets me transfer energy from the truck to the house, while still being able to...

We have a pretty standard setup. There’s a 6 kW solar array on the roof with Enphase microinverters. The solar feeds into my Enphase combiner, which then connects to the FranklinWH aGate. On the aGate, we have a critical loads panel wired in, along with the aPower battery and the generator...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share my success with using Pro Power and my Franklin’s V2L feature. I did have to clip the ground but after that everything worked perfectly. I was able to power my home and top off my battery at the same time. Just getting the testing out of the way before winter!

Just got mine, $1,064

Just got BC 1.4 on 1/28. MY22 and an EAP member. So far, so good! I’ve definitely noticed less ping-pong action in the lane, but also full hands-free driving seems to be less available on my normal route. I’ll keep testing this to see if it was just a fluke or a true change. The lane change...

I need an updated photo, but here was our new puppy right after we got him on his first road trip and then on a pizza run.

I got the update and survey, and I am in the EAP.