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Can you plug the Lightning into an EcoFlow home backup system’s generator input?

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I’m looking at getting an EcoFlow system with the EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra or the EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 and then a EcoFlow Smart Home Panel 2.

EcoFlow advertises that inputs can be from grid, solar, or a generator.

So would it be possible to run a cord from the bed of the Lightning to the generator input for EcoFlow system?

I realize this would be a manual plug in process but I’m okay with that given the issues I’ve read about with Ford’s HIS and the instantaneous backup available through the EcoFlow battery.
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If your goal is to replenish the charge in any of the Ecoflow systems, you could take the AC 240vx30a PPOB output to AC charge the EF systems.

Then allow the EF systems to continue powering your critical circuits when the Lightning needs to be driven away for work or to visit a DCFC for replenishing the traction battery.
 
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Thanks for the links!

I may be confused here, but I wasn't thinking about using their EcoFlow generator. I was thinking there could be two potential paths to get power from the Lightning to the EcoFlow system:

1. Plug the 240v PPOB output into the EcoFlow DPU. The manual states AC input as follows (https://manuals.ecoflow.com/us/product/delta-pro-ultra?lang=en_US):

Ford F-150 Lightning Can you plug the Lightning into an EcoFlow home backup system’s generator input? 1727881020763-s


2. Plug the 240v PPOB output into the EcoFlow SHP2. The manual states a compatible generator as "120V single phase / 240V split phase (3-12kW)." Not sure if the Lightning's PPOB output could be this "compatible generator"? Here are some additional details from the SHP2 manual (https://manuals.ecoflow.com/us/product/smart-home-panel-2?lang=en_US):

Ford F-150 Lightning Can you plug the Lightning into an EcoFlow home backup system’s generator input? 1727881246242-7k
 

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The smart home panel looks like a nice solution if we can easily just plug into it.
 

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Thanks for the links!

I may be confused here, but I wasn't thinking about using their EcoFlow generator. I was thinking there could be two potential paths to get power from the Lightning to the EcoFlow system:

1. Plug the 240v PPOB output into the EcoFlow DPU. The manual states AC input as follows (https://manuals.ecoflow.com/us/product/delta-pro-ultra?lang=en_US):

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2. Plug the 240v PPOB output into the EcoFlow SHP2. The manual states a compatible generator as "120V single phase / 240V split phase (3-12kW)." Not sure if the Lightning's PPOB output could be this "compatible generator"? Here are some additional details from the SHP2 manual (https://manuals.ecoflow.com/us/product/smart-home-panel-2?lang=en_US):

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I have the original Pro's with extra batteries, SHP-1 and infinity cables that carry 120V ac and communications lines between the the battery inverters and smart home panel.

I'm not fully informed about the later generation capabilities, Might be possible, but I would be concerned about "compatible" meaning requires proprietary communications & power cables from the generating device to the SHP-2, EcoFlow enjoy's locking its customers in to their hardware and accessories, so substituting the Lightnings PPOB 120 or 240 vAC might not work.

More digging needed into the manuals & requirements for compatible AC generators.
 

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Thanks for the links!

I may be confused here, but I wasn't thinking about using their EcoFlow generator. I was thinking there could be two potential paths to get power from the Lightning to the EcoFlow system:

1. Plug the 240v PPOB output into the EcoFlow DPU. The manual states AC input as follows (https://manuals.ecoflow.com/us/product/delta-pro-ultra?lang=en_US):

1727881020763-sg.jpg


2. Plug the 240v PPOB output into the EcoFlow SHP2. The manual states a compatible generator as "120V single phase / 240V split phase (3-12kW)." Not sure if the Lightning's PPOB output could be this "compatible generator"? Here are some additional details from the SHP2 manual (https://manuals.ecoflow.com/us/product/smart-home-panel-2?lang=en_US):

1727881246242-7k.jpg
You'll have the GFCI trip in the Lightning because it is a bonded source (the neutral is grounded at the truck) and you cannot unbond it.

So you'd need a transfer switch that will switch the neutrals and hots like the GENERAC 6853 for example.
 

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At the risk of showing my ignorance, could one use that neutral transfer switch to feed the smart home panel? Is that over engineering the solution?
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