Open Neutral and Fridge says A
EDIT--sorry , I screwed up the OP at first, saying ground instead of neutral. ----------- New one on me. First time on shore power after a long time on inverter with fridge on gas. Fridge said A ...
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Do you believe everything you read?
Here's a good explanation:
Defining a neutral conductor
What do not fit the definitions are installations with one hot conductor and a return conductor, such as may be found in a 120-volt single phase, two-wire system. Sections 250.20(B)(1) and 250.26(1) still require the grounding-electrode connection, and 200.6 still requires the conductor to be white or gray “neutral” conductor. However, it is not a neutral conductor, even though many people still refer to it as a neutral. This is a grounded conductor, but be careful. It is just as lethal, if not more so than our “neutral” conductor.
The author is describing a bonded 2-wire system. He's defining the wire that most people call "neutral" as the "grounded conductor". This gets really messy because your gen is not bonded. It's no longer the "grounded conductor". The "white wire" is probably the best name for it. And again, for a 2-wire gen, either output can be the white or black wire.
Sal
Here's a good explanation:
Defining a neutral conductor
What do not fit the definitions are installations with one hot conductor and a return conductor, such as may be found in a 120-volt single phase, two-wire system. Sections 250.20(B)(1) and 250.26(1) still require the grounding-electrode connection, and 200.6 still requires the conductor to be white or gray “neutral” conductor. However, it is not a neutral conductor, even though many people still refer to it as a neutral. This is a grounded conductor, but be careful. It is just as lethal, if not more so than our “neutral” conductor.
The author is describing a bonded 2-wire system. He's defining the wire that most people call "neutral" as the "grounded conductor". This gets really messy because your gen is not bonded. It's no longer the "grounded conductor". The "white wire" is probably the best name for it. And again, for a 2-wire gen, either output can be the white or black wire.
Sal
BFL13 wrote:
Salvo, mine says "neutral floating" on the 120v
