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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wnjj wrote:TheHound wrote:wnjj wrote:
Looks great. Hopefully there's enough slack to do that.
Your sir are a ***bleeping*** genius lol!
SUCCESS!
This has been quite the learning process and I thank everyone that has piped in so far :) But one more question, sorry.
I noticed now I am getting voltage readings on all receptacles ONLY between hot and neutral. I thought I should also see it between hot and ground. :? Which is correct? Cheers! -Frank
Excellent! Good work getting in there and getting your fingers dirty.
The ground on your generator is only connected between the ground pins of the receptacles, the ground lug and possibly any metal in the chassis. Until you plug your bonding plug it, there will be no potential between it and anything else. After bonding it you should see 120V between ground and hot on all receptacles.
Thanks wnjj, hopefully not...but I am pretty sure I checked voltage with the bonding plug inserted and still saw one reading on all 3 receptacles (hot & neutral). At work now but will double check to be sure when I get home. If that is indeed the case, do I need to do something with the striped yellow/green wire? Cheers!
