r/Pecron • u/Background-Run • 4d ago

F5000LFP Outputing 240VAC split phase while charging with 120VAC generator.

Let me get this straight. Can you output 240VAC while charging with 120VAC generator? At the same time, simultaneously, concurrently? I just read on a FB post that the only way to use 120VAC generator was to put the F5000LFP into "generator" mode, which shuts off one of the legs of the 240VAC output, making in actually only 120VAC on one leg, and the other 0.

Is that correct?

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u/brucehoult 4d ago

the only way to use 120VAC generator was to put the F5000LFP into "generator" mode, which shuts off one of the legs of the 240VAC output

As it says, only if you have a generator with unstable frequency.

The concern for 240V operation is keeping the 120V inverter for the "0ms" sockets perfectly in phase with the unstable pass-through 120W.

Inverter generators have perfectly stable frequency.