When on inverter power GFCI won't reset
I have the wierdest issue and this is a new install but I believe it to be correct. I have an automatic switch that will default to shore power by default, and if there is no shore power available ...
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Darryl&Rita wrote:
It may be fixable by installing a jumper on the inverter, tying Neutral and Ground together, but that opens another can of worms.
wa8yxm wrote:
SOME GFCI's won't work right unlelss neutral and ground are bonded. If that is the case you will need to bond at the inverter. I suggest it in any case
Modern GFCI's do not need the NEUTRAL and GROUND bonded.
Has a test been done to see if the GROUND and NEUTRAL are already bonded? If you have 120v between the HOT and NEUTRAL, 120v between the HOT and GROUND, and 0v between the NEUTRAL and GROUND, it is already bonded. Even my cheap WFCO 1000 watt inverter bonds them when it powers up.
*** IMPORTANT NOTE ***
If you bond the GROUND and NEUTRAL, they can ONLY be bonded when the inverter is supplying the power. You MUST break that bond when shore power is supplying the power.
I, also, agree that the problem is with the modified sine wave inverter.
