Generator/ Reverse Polarity Question
Hey folks, My knowledge on these matters is marginal at best so I am hoping someone here might have some suggestions regarding this issue I encountered today. I went to test my shiny new Surge...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Something is stragne I will admit. the issue is not reverse polarity but open ground. The Ground on the genny is N/C (not connected)
Many threads on bonding neutral to ground on Genny's discuss it way more than I wish to here.. But you do not need the surge guard with an Inverter type Genny.
No. Nothing is strange here. If he takes out the bonding plug, he will get the "OPEN GROUND" message. When he plugs in his defective bonding plug, he gets the "REVERSE POLARITY" message.
If you make a bonding plug but wire the GROUND pin to the HOT pin by mistake, this is EXACTLY the results you would see.
While the generator does have an open ground, the bonding plug to fool the EMS into thinking there is a functional ground is wired incorrectly. It is wired "reverse" what it should be, thus the "reverse polarity" message.
I, personally, would never consider using my generator without my EMS inline. Generators can, and do, fail.
