Onboard power

[Rickpo4238]

Trying to plug a 15 amp wood splitter into my 2023 Ford lightning and it keeps tripping the plugin. I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong or it just won’t handle it?

went out today and bought a portable generator so I could finish splitting three cords of wood.

Very frustrating…

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[Maquis]

Did it trip on ground fault or overcurrent?
Which PPO do you have? 2.4KW or 9.6KW?

 

[fhteagle]

Is your splitter pure electric, or electric over hydraulic?

Either way, stall torque / near locked rotor conditions drives the voltage sag way down. All the lights in my house dim if I run my electric over hydraulic one to full open and keep on on the open command on the lever, for example.

PPOB is probably right to shut itself off if you're running it like that.

 

[hturnerfamily]

You have to remember/understand that the truck's ProPower INVERTER is very sensitive to not only GFCI/Ground issues with certain other equipment, but also it does not contain the typical 'breakers', as your home does, which are actually Automatic-Resetting FUSES - which 'trip' at the EXACT over- amperage, since they are Electronic, and not heat-based, like your home breakers.

If you have the 2.4 ProPower, your outlets are each 120v 15amp. Likely, your 'start-up' power from your log-splitter is at too high a point, 'tripping' the truck's INVERTER.

If you have the 9.6 ProPower, and you are using your rear BED Outlets, each is 120v 30amp, since they are powered by the same rear 240v 30amp INVERTER. Likely, if this is the case, your truck's INVERTER does'nt like the GFCI/Ground element of the equipment. Removing the Ground wire might solve the issue.

 

[RLXXI]

your truck's INVERTER does'nt like the GFCI/Ground element of the equipment. Removing the Ground wire might solve the issue.

This is exactly the issue I had when connecting to my solar inverter that's connected to my already bonded neutral home.

Considering the truck does not have a true ground to begin with. Removed the ground and all's well. (should spark the arm chair electricians in here) pun intended but yeah.

 

[P-38]

This is exactly the issue I had when connecting to my solar inverter that's connected to my already bonded neutral home.

Considering the truck does not have a true ground to begin with. Removed the ground and all's well. (should spark the arm chair electricians in here) pun intended but yeah.

Both you and @hturnerfamily are confused about the GFCI.

He is operating equipment, not connecting two separately derived systems together. The OP should never remove the ground wire from equipment being operated, that is there for the safety of the people operating it. If the GFCI is tripping it is for a reason, correct the reason don't mask the issue.

The connecting of the truck to provide backup power/solar inverter is a completely different application and has been rehashed many times but this is not a situation where removing ground wire should even be considered.

 

[RLXXI]

Both you and @hturnerfamily are confused about the GFCI.

He is operating equipment, not connecting two separately derived systems together. The OP should never remove the ground wire from equipment being operated, that is there for the safety of the people operating it. If the GFCI is tripping it is for a reason, correct the reason don't mask the issue.

The connecting of the truck to provide backup power/solar inverter is a completely different application and has been rehashed many times but this is not a situation where removing ground wire should even be considered.

Yeah I see that now, tongue was covering the eye tooth, couldn't see what I was saying.

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