CFL bulbs
Have three of them in front of the outside of my house on a hard wired timer. Been there for a couple of years. Today I noticed that when they were off two of them were flickering a little. One more t...
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The white wire is bonded to ground via the outlet that the shore cord plugs into. If connected to a generator or inverter, the bond may or may not be made depending on the specific inverter or generator. Some have a bonded output, others have a floating output. Built in generators and inverters are almost always bonded. Most small portable generators are unbonded. Some inverters have a bonded output, some have a floating output, and some will go up in smoke if you bond them. GFI's do not detect current flow in the ground wire. Here are 2 links:
IF.....the white and ground wires are not connected together at a central distribution box, then where IS the "ground" wire connected ....and to what ??
And yes I know that a GFI really detects a current flow in the third "ground" wire.....where there should be none but for that to happen it has to be connected to something somewhere.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question117.htm
www.nfphampden.com/gfci.pdf
Neither of these articles mention the other GFI feature that detects a downstream bond of the neutral (technically the bonded conductor in a 30 amp RV) to ground. It does not sense current in the ground wire for this feature, either.
