Inverter for RV hookup. Manufacturers reply.
Hi all. So I read contless online info about the whole bonding issue with Rv,s. I understand the RV is basically a sub panel. The bond is made when you hook up to the pedestal. OK. with a genera...
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BFL13 wrote:
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Another inverter I was using had GFCI receptacles and chassis ground. When the shore power cord was plugged into the inverter it somehow found a neg path to the DC fuse panel. The shore cord is grounded to the frame at the Power Centre and so is the 12v side of things, so 120 and 12 share the frame as negative/ground. The inverter's chassis ground joined in with that
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Sounds like my Kisae with GFCI sockets.
The Kisae 120VAC Neutral at the socket is wired to the case.
The case is wired to the chassis.
The chassis is wired to the trailer's 120VAC ground wire.
So when the shore power cord is plugged into the Kisae socket, neutral and ground are bonded. And my EMS loves it.
But if I just plug an appliance into the Kisae, not using the shore power cord and bypassing the trailer's 120VAC circuit, neutral and ground are NOT bonded. Ground just floats.
My old 1000W inverter did not wire neutral to the case, or to ground, and so was unbonded all the time.
You would think there would be some applicable standard for this. Aren't inverters CSA approved (and/or US equiv)?
