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Ron3rd
Explorer III
Apr 28, 2015

Electrical Question RE: Grounding, or lack thereof

On my last trip, I noticed the ground prong on my 30a to 15a dogbone adapter that I use with my Honda genny had broken off. Didn’t want to risk anything so I ran down the street and bought a new one....
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Harvard
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Apr 29, 2015
IF (big IF) the Honda (or any generator) chassis should come in contact with Earth AND not be Ground Connected to the 3rd prong RV CHASSIS/GROUND then ANY OTHERWISE NORMAL RV is going to attempt to raise its skin voltage to 1/2 way between the L1 Voltage and NEUTRAL via capacitative coupling between the L1 and NEUTRAL circuits in the RV when measured to said EARTH. IMO.

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