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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So, taking the advice provided here, I did some more testing and found something strange (I think).
First step was to build a new bonding plug to see if the one I bought was a dud. The good news is mine worked the same way as the Southwire one so my money wasn't wasted. The bad news is that I could have made my own in the first place and saved $20.
I then used my multimeter and tested every step of the way
- Without the bonding plug, voltage showed correctly at both the 20 and 30 amp receptacles. Added the twist lock adapter, no change, then added the 30m to 15f adapter, no change there either. Tester showed "open ground" in all 3 plugs.
- With the bonding plug,voltage showed correctly at the second 20 amp plug and with the tester plugged into that second receptacle, I was getting a "correct" reading.
- With the bonding plug in plus the twist lock and 15 amp adapter I get the HOT/NEU REF error at the 30 amp receptacle. And this is where I am confused... voltage read correctly when the prongs were inserted in the small and larger slots of the adapter. No voltage reading when testing small slot and ground but did get 120 when testing the larger slot and the ground which I understood was the neutral. :? I attached a picture to better explain. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3h3oe9o64ba0gz/results.jpg?dl=0
Anyone know what's up based on this? Thanks yet again for your patience and help.
First step was to build a new bonding plug to see if the one I bought was a dud. The good news is mine worked the same way as the Southwire one so my money wasn't wasted. The bad news is that I could have made my own in the first place and saved $20.
I then used my multimeter and tested every step of the way
- Without the bonding plug, voltage showed correctly at both the 20 and 30 amp receptacles. Added the twist lock adapter, no change, then added the 30m to 15f adapter, no change there either. Tester showed "open ground" in all 3 plugs.
- With the bonding plug,voltage showed correctly at the second 20 amp plug and with the tester plugged into that second receptacle, I was getting a "correct" reading.
- With the bonding plug in plus the twist lock and 15 amp adapter I get the HOT/NEU REF error at the 30 amp receptacle. And this is where I am confused... voltage read correctly when the prongs were inserted in the small and larger slots of the adapter. No voltage reading when testing small slot and ground but did get 120 when testing the larger slot and the ground which I understood was the neutral. :? I attached a picture to better explain. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3h3oe9o64ba0gz/results.jpg?dl=0
Anyone know what's up based on this? Thanks yet again for your patience and help.
