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Joel_T
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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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SoundGuy
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Oct 09, 2015
Joel_T wrote:
I'm not an electrician and would love a safer understanding of all this. Is there one?


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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