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Joel_T
Explorer
Oct 09, 2015

Why don't RVs need an earth ground for AC circuits

I've been told AC always needs an earth ground, DC not. An AC earth ground, as opposed to a DC type chassis ground, saves lives. To run any 120v stuff in an RV, the shore cord is supposed to provide t...
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Salvo
Explorer
Oct 10, 2015
Stop pounding your head and think a little.

Why is there no bond (neutral to chassis) on navy ships?

It's a lot better to be two faults away from a catastrophic than one fault away.

SoundGuy wrote:

Sure ... wanna read 41 pages of discussion on the subject of portable gensets, bonding, earth grounding, etc, then have at it ;) ... but don't expect to come away with any "safer understanding of all this" when even the "experts" who participated in that discussion can't agree! :S

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