Floating neutral

[bob213]

I understand that my Honda 2000i has a floating neutral and my Progressive Ind. PT30C sees that as a fault. I've been able to get around that by using a neutral/ground bond plug.
My question(without going to storage to try it) is if I parallel two 2000i's together will I need a neutral/ground bond plug for each generator to keep from getting the fault code?

[bob213]

Thanks guys. Saved me a trip to storage to check it out. I'll go with my single plug.

I see there is a 3rd ground wire.Do you have to use a screwdriver to connect it?

I replaced the Phillips head screws with thumb screws so no screw driver needed.

[wnjj]

ktmrfs wrote:
I have paralleled honda 2000's with my Progressive ems many times. I have one "bonding plug" that i put in one of the generators, and all is fine. however I have one std generator and one with the 30A RV plug. the interconnect cord has a ground wire between both generators so that completes the ground for both generators and it doesn't make any difference which one has the bonding plug.

You're right. I made the mistake of looking at the schematics and thought the cable only used the 2 pins. Looking at a Google images of the cable, I see there is a 3rd ground wire. Do you have to use a screwdriver to connect it?

So one bond on either is fine if the ground is connected.

[ktmrfs]

I have paralleled honda 2000's with my Progressive ems many times. I have one "bonding plug" that i put in one of the generators, and all is fine. however I have one std generator and one with the 30A RV plug. the interconnect cord has a ground wire between both generators so that completes the ground for both generators and it doesn't make any difference which one has the bonding plug.

[wnjj]

One will be fine as long as it's on the one the cord is plugged into. There's no ground connection from the RV plug to the paralleled generator. There's only a ground connection to the one it's plugged into.

EDIT: Bad info from me. If the parallel cable ground is connected, the bond plug can be on either. Thanks ktmrfs.