[mofospinner]

Hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all!

Ok here goes a question that I'm unable to get ANY answers on... (Ford, I hope you're watching this thread).

If I have installed the Ford Intelligent Backup Power System (FIBPS) and already have an automatic standby generator with transfer switch that was previously installed at my residence and connected to my electrical system, will the FIBPS system be compatible with the standby natural gas (NG) generator?

It would make sense for it to work so when the Ford battery gets to a critical level (let's say 10%), that the Ford Inverter on the FIBPS system shuts down and turns the NG generator on to allow the Ford Battery to be recharged. Then, let's say the battery gets to 90% SOC and the NG generator shuts back down allow the Ford battery to power the house in all of its silent glory. This is completely possible and I have not seen anything about it thus far!

Thanks!

 

[quikag]

So,I'm an accountant, but am working on a diesel generator back-up for one of my bosses' restaurants (not his main business). We are having an automatic transfer switch installed so when permanent electricity is lost to the restaurant for any reason, it will command the diesel generator to fire and automatically switch to that source of electricity.

So, you might need a switch that can monitor, prioritize, and transfer power between 3 sources. Sounds a bit complicated, but I'm sure technically doable!

 

[KElkhorn]

Short answer is no, this set-up/hardware is not capable of what you are suggesting as you suggest.

If you already have a transfer switch/generator, would you really want to run off the truck if you have NG available? Each time power transfers is a chance for something to fail, so I would argue that it wouldn't make sense for the configuration you are suggesting, if you have a stable power source you should stick with it. I'm not sure what you pay for natural gas vs. electricity, but I think in most places you are probably still more cost effective to run on the generator, and keep the truck charged up.

What I do think you could do, would be to install this system downstream of your transfer switch. On a power loss, hopefully your generator kicks in and power transfers as it should. If generator fails for some reason, and truck is plugged in, it would switch over to truck. Once you got generator running or normal power is restored, it would go back to generator/normal power.