"Open Ground" from generator
I picked up my new trailer today, a Mesa Ridge 2410RL. After playing with towing and backing of the trailer, I started my first modification, installing a Progressive Industries EMS-HW30C hardwired El...
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SoundGuy wrote:
You really don't have an "open ground" as your EMS is telling you, it's really a floating neutral.
Bobbo wrote:
You can ignore the sematics lesson here. What you call it really doesn't matter.
Of course it "matters" as in any other situation an "open ground" is an entirely different problem than a "floating neutral". :S And BTW, in the interest of accuracy it's spelled "semantics". :W
SoundGuy wrote:
Bonding the genset's neutral to ground is the solution.
Bobbo wrote:
But, he still agrees that pianotuna's solution is the correct one.
Of course, why wouldn't I as a bonding plug at the generator output is the correct solution to this problem. Either that or don't use the EMS when powering from a genset.
