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:
Use ohms with the generator off and bonding plug out to see if the ground pins are connected between the receptacles and the ground bolt on the right.
Since your EMS used to say hot/neutral swapped when bonded, I suspect it’ll be fine now if all you did was swap white & black. The only way it knows about a reversal is if the ground is connected on both the bonded and plugged in receptacles. Now if a striped wire was loose and now off, that’s another matter.
You nailed it! I was able to do the ohm check and all ground connections read zero (and beeped). Genny was off and bonding plug out.
I fired it up and without the plug, no voltage between hot and ground. Inserted plug and got 122 at the 20 amp hot and neutral and hot and ground. Likewise for the 30 amp. :) I think this last part was user error as I did not seat the probes properly.
I do believe we are good to go! Thanks again for all your time and help with this. Cheers!
