Ground-Neutral bond
Please help me to understand grounding and neutral bonding. This assumes the transfer switch between shore power and generator switches both hot & neutral. This is how I understand it with a big que...
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chuckbear wrote:
One question. In installing the AIMS inverter with the built-in bypass, it shows bonding the inverter case to the RV frame. Is this really necessary? Chuck
Yes. As I understand things, it is there mainly to prevent a fault condition causing the full DC current for the inverter from going through the AC power line safety ground, which would be dangerously undersized for that current. Converters likewise must have their cases bonded to the vehicle frame independently of the AC ground for the same basic reason.
