Sine Wave Inverter Anomaly

SoundGuy wrote:
FWIW I think I'm back to "square one" on this whole bonding issue. :S I read through the entire 41 pages of that 2008 / 2009 discussion on bonding and when none of the "experts" could agree I decided to just leave it as is for now as it seems to work just fine even with my Surge Guard in the circuit. The inverter's output I left un-bonded, simply wiring it's output to feed the trailer's main service cable, which also seems to work just fine with the SG in the circuit. The subject of using a GFCI on a genset output also came up in that discussion but again no one seemed to agree so for now I have bothered with that either. Maybe BFL13 was right when he said back on Page 1 of this discussion "Ignore the non-problem!"

So after musing about this some more I find it difficult to believe that despite all the debate over bonding that some very bright people at Mother Honda don't know what they're talking about and based on their own understanding of the subject decided long ago that for the use for which they expect their EU2000i genset to be used that releasing it to the market with a floating neutral was probably the better, and safe, choice. Indeed, my own EU2000i has powered anything I've asked it to without any bonding modification, from my house furnace to the trailer, with the Surge Guard in circuit or not. Since I'm also now successfully powering the trailer with my new, unbonded 1000 watt sine wave inverter, with the Surge Guard also inline, I've decided to remove the bond from my genset sound reduction box as well, if for no other reason than consistency and because it all seems to WORK just fine without bonding, regardless of what that polarity checker, or the "experts", may say. :R

Thanks to all who contributed to this discussion! :B