Using EVExtend on the Bolt EV for emergency 120V up to 1,500 watts

[Mike Sweeney]

You can get bonded plug adapters. RV folks use them all the time. I have one for my road trips because some camp grounds are set up to look like generator power

 

[Kim Floyd]

Hi Folks, I hope everyone had a great relaxing holiday time. Today I had a chance to try out the shorter 25 ft 10/3 extension cord. No luck. The furnace still will have burner ignition and then shut down burning in just a few seconds.

Summit, when you suggest testing the continuity of the EV-Extender neutral and ground, I can see the ground post but I don't know how to find the neutral post and if there is not continuity how do I bond it?

Thanks again for taking a look at this with me.

 

[Kim Floyd]

You can get bonded plug adapters. RV folks use them all the time. I have one for my road trips because some camp grounds are set up to look like generator power

So Mike do I plug the bonded plug adapter into any one of the three outlets on the inverter and then plug my 10/3 or 12/3 extension cord into the adapter? I am trying not to get too far in over my head on this.

 

[Mike Sweeney]

Charger to wall jack or in this case, extension cord. It bonds neutral to ground. I bought a fancy one that is a direct plug in cord for my Tesla mobile charger. This is where everyone goes “ahhhhhhhhh”

 

[summit]

The US standard plug is 120vac between (Neutral & Hot) and (Ground & Hot). Ground bonding check is 0v between Neutral & Ground, and 0-very low resistance between Neutral & Ground. A "bonding plug" is essentially a short between Neutral & Ground, though some has a 100-ohm resistor.

 

[ClarD]

though some has a 100-ohm resistor.

That should be a 100k-ohm resistor.

 

[Kim Floyd]

That should be a 100k-ohm resistor.

Well I finally got to test again my 2017 Bolt emergency home electric power back up on my gas furnace. Using the 50 ft 12/3 extension cord and my 1500 watt inverter with three outlets. Inserting the Neutral Ground Bonding Plug from Amazon $10, noted below, did the trick. The furnace works perfectly. Thanks to the team for your help.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLZ8QKLV?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title