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12-30-2021, 03:34 PM #11
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What kind of Inline Surge Protector is installed?
I would think that the "Ground-Neutral Bond" jumper cable plug will fix the problem. Doing some voltage checks like ground to ground to make sure the rv is safe couldn't hurt. The surge protector should protect the rv from damage.
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12-30-2021, 04:43 PM #12
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Okay, I noticed that no one addressed your concern about having the generator in the RV, thus it's grounded to the RV.
First, most generator/inverters are internally grounded. That means all the grounds go to a single point, usually on the frame. They also usually have protections that prevent a "hot chassis".
Second, the neutral bond does not direct voltage to the chassis ground. For all in intents and purposes, the neutral does not carry voltage for a standard 110 vac line (like in your stix-n-brix house). Now, move to 230 vac, and the "neutral line now carries 110 vac. So, for the generator, all you are doing, with the bonded neutral, is tying the ground and neutral together, "fooling" the EMS into thinking it's connected to a power company 110 vac source.
Some background: generators leave the neutral "floating", meaning not tied to anything. The EMS sees that it cannot "test" the neutral line because there is no end point. When you tie the neutral with ground, via a bonded neutral plug (as shown in previous posts), you are giving the neutral an end point, thus the EMS things all is good.
EDIT: the 230 vac example is not really how 230 vac is wired, you have hot, hot, neutral, ground. It was an poor example that hopefully got the image across.
Sent from my SM-N986U using TapatalkLast edited by MoonShadow_1911; 12-30-2021 at 04:48 PM.
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12-30-2021, 05:19 PM #13
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The neutral doesn’t even exist on a 240V circuit, and it never changes voltage regardless of what hot leads you are using. It’s always 120V from both hot legs and always carries current except for on a straight 240V system. Bonding it to a grounding system simply places it at the same voltage as the soil or structure under your feet.
The EMS doesn’t look for an end point on the neutral, it looks for a bond between the neutral and ground which is always present at the power source on any kind of utility power.John & Kathy
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12-30-2021, 05:22 PM #14
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12-30-2021, 05:49 PM #15
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12-30-2021, 05:56 PM #16
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