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I read the same about the aluminum oxidation but was worried that the oxidation would push up the neighboring paint and expand as it broke off more paint. The dealership sold me a paint tool for like $40, it is basically an abrasive stone and an oversized nail polish container except it contains...

Adding to the possible causes, I had this same issue of GFCI faulting even with the switching transfer switches mentioned here. There was a light switch box with multiple switches and circuits, someone had taken all the neutral wires and twisted them together instead of correctly making...

I promised I would return with the final conclusion of this thread. The electrician who has been helping me chatted the journeyman he used to work under and both said the isolation transformer would do nothing. They told me to remove the ground wire from the generator inlet box which is what the...

Wait what?! Is that supposed to be lifetime charge cycles, 3,000,000 miles? I had heard charge cycles for a cell phone in the range of 1,000.

This is some excellent data! If I am understanding the takeaways (and lack of mention of charge rate as important) it would seem charging amperage is not highly important to lifetime as long as the battery stays cool? So the suggestion that the 80amp charger should be turned down is not worth doing?

Well sure an isolation transformer would be a good solution but it cost more than unplugging the wire. I just didn't think it would be safe without a ground wire but he made an interesting point about the well casing. If I understand removing the ground wire the danger would be a short...

I talked to the electrician today, he had an interesting thought; of course the easiest solution is unplugging the ground wire, though he proposed from the well pump and its controller. When considering the dangers he pointed out that my metal well casing is a huge ground rod. The only danger...

Possible, the well people were not helpful so I didn't get to question them much on stuff. They didn't want to figure it out and just wanted to sell me a fuel generator. Basically they had two solutions: new pump or a sell me a generator, they did not entertain any other possible solutions or...

They appear to be ~$2,000 for a 3/4 hp one now. Also have to run the four different copper wires down a 380 foot well, so a lot of copper. And just professional time. But these numbers are for my situation at 380 feet, I know pumps get exponentially more expensive as you increase their head...

That's like a $5,000 option.

I still think the isolation transformer would be cheaper. You left out all the breakers you must buy and add to the Generac box, I thought those are like $50 each. Plus that time fishing wire around breaker boxes is not free. The isolation transformer Maquis linked was $700 and I presume the...

Hey Maquis, thank you for helping me. Right at the beginning in the first reply you got me exactly the information I needed to fix everything.

I have a neutral switching transfer switch, I am able to power the rest of the house with the truck currently. Indeed but this number ignores the time, either your own experienced time or an expensive electrician, to route circuits from the main breaker to the transfer switch breaker. I had...

Ultimately I'm not going to debate the electrician who comes out, they have been willing to do more stuff to help me with the truck generator stuff but they didn't want to handle a well pump and then the well people were no help at all. This is why I am pleased with the isolation transformer...

Does everyone else's frunk and bed door almost always require two button presses? I walk up, press the bed door button, it makes beeps and I hear stuff actuating, nothing happens, press it again, it opens. I assume it is attempting to close on the first press but I don't know why it is always...

But chl pointed out a requirement I didn't realize, I would need an isolation transformer per circuit. I had thought I could protect the entire house breaker panel with a single isolation transformer sitting between my generator inlet and the transfer switch. The dream in my mind was that the...

Thanks again chl, now I know what to expect when the electrician calls me back. I told the receptionist I wanted an isolation transformer installed between the generator plug and the panels but as you point out this is not realistic. v2h8484 you are right, we are fortunate to have so many...

Thanks chl, I had found the same page you linked and gave it a read. One question for future readers I had is if an isolation transformer would have solved the open neutral issue. As I had understood it the issue was the truck has a ground and the house has a ground, meaning the return voltage...

Thank you for the detail chl, I knew I was out of my depth when this thread started and now people with more knowledge on electricla systems are debating each other so I don't have much to do. I acknowledge and agree removing the ground wire is a bad idea, I did it only to run the experiment...

If the truck is acting as the ground for the system and I remove that, where does everything in the house ground to? Or are you suggesting to disconnect the well's ground wire? It seems to make sense for an individual device because lighting will not strike my dryer. Perhaps I do not understand...