3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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its NOT floating ground.. its floating NEUTRAL
neutral is term that NEVER should have been used in AC circuit wiring
the white wire/neutral is 1/2 of the electrical circuit, 1 of the wires used to carry current, there is nothing NEUTRAL about it, if that wire is broke if the connection is broke the device does NOT operate ( utility power or generator )
get your body in between the broken (white wire/neutral) and you complete the circuit, you become part of the power path
residential power comes is as 220v 3 wire, 120 /0/ 120, black/wht/black
120v from each blk to the wht, 240 across the 2 blks
that wht wire carries power, it is NOT neutral never has been
the only time that wire is not carry power is where devices run on 220 volts with 2 wires ( like in the phillipnes ? ) or a 220 welder ? ( a 220 volt 2 wire motor )
the power company grounds the white wire, bonds it in the breaker panel, bonds it to ground ( a return path to the power company ) because there is never a totaly balance 240 load in your home, this helps prevent hazards caused by an unbalanced system
your generator is not bonded to ground, grounding the genny frame to earth ground is a saftey practice, a good one,
bout you to NOT want the white wire/neutral. bonded to the genny frame, because most of the time the genny frame is NOT bonded to an earth ground,
IF the neutral is bonded to genny frame ( not floating ) the genny frame is 120v electric path from the hot to frame or neutral, the grd wire of the shore cord connects to grd of the rv frame, the rv frame is now the genny frame electric path, it s now shock time.
its floating neutral, there is no current path, where there is an OPEN cicruit
keeping the neutral in the genny head isolated from the genny frame, means the frame can NOT carry power/current back to the genny head thru the frame, thru you for touching the frame of the RV
neutral is term that NEVER should have been used in AC circuit wiring
the white wire/neutral is 1/2 of the electrical circuit, 1 of the wires used to carry current, there is nothing NEUTRAL about it, if that wire is broke if the connection is broke the device does NOT operate ( utility power or generator )
get your body in between the broken (white wire/neutral) and you complete the circuit, you become part of the power path
residential power comes is as 220v 3 wire, 120 /0/ 120, black/wht/black
120v from each blk to the wht, 240 across the 2 blks
that wht wire carries power, it is NOT neutral never has been
the only time that wire is not carry power is where devices run on 220 volts with 2 wires ( like in the phillipnes ? ) or a 220 welder ? ( a 220 volt 2 wire motor )
the power company grounds the white wire, bonds it in the breaker panel, bonds it to ground ( a return path to the power company ) because there is never a totaly balance 240 load in your home, this helps prevent hazards caused by an unbalanced system
your generator is not bonded to ground, grounding the genny frame to earth ground is a saftey practice, a good one,
bout you to NOT want the white wire/neutral. bonded to the genny frame, because most of the time the genny frame is NOT bonded to an earth ground,
IF the neutral is bonded to genny frame ( not floating ) the genny frame is 120v electric path from the hot to frame or neutral, the grd wire of the shore cord connects to grd of the rv frame, the rv frame is now the genny frame electric path, it s now shock time.
its floating neutral, there is no current path, where there is an OPEN cicruit
keeping the neutral in the genny head isolated from the genny frame, means the frame can NOT carry power/current back to the genny head thru the frame, thru you for touching the frame of the RV
