I wish you would've showed a drawing of wiring; and how it is when it is bonded and not bonded. Just words about this and that is usually only good for those that know a lot of electricity. But for mos,t they get little from just rhetoric. Being an instructor for 45 yrs, I proved that many times. I would start with rhetoric. That only gets 10%. Yet when I drew wiring, THEN most got it. It really works.
Lot a people including myself are just using a inlet box to back feed the house in a outage, since the main panel is bonded, the generator needs to be floating because you can’t have 2 bonded neutrals . Once you connect the generator to the inlet box, the generator will be bonded to the main panel.
@Conquerall Elecrtical - ThankU. Good to hear explanation of this topic from licensed electrician. My conclusion is my Firman T07571 neutral bonded portable generator powering my WH house circuits via 120/240 30A connector w/manual transfer switch is safe. Correct?
Hey so if I want to use the watchdog connect with the Generator to my house back up. The generator is self is floating neutral. if the only way I got power out with out error code, i bound the generator but When I feed to my house it has own neutral. Surge protector not seeing the neutral through my house only allowing power when I bounded. If this case it's gonna be 2 neutral. What to do at this point?
i am trying to connect a f150 powerboost to a panel via a inlet 240v that is connected to a breaker in the panel it give a GFI fault error because the ground and neutral are connected in the panel do you have a trick on how to do it
I believe all inverter generators that are parallel compatible (the ability to connect two or more generators in parallel for more power) should have a floating neutral. This is to prevent having more than one neutral/ground bonding point when two or more generators are connected in parallel. When using a floating neutral generator, it should be used with a neutral/ground bonding plug inserted into one of the output ports, if it's not wired into a circuit that already has a neutral/ground bonding point. I am not an electrician and the foregoing is my opinion only, not necessarily advice that you should follow, so check it out for yourself.
When using a separately derived system (Generator) and it is "Floating neutral" AND it has no connection to house electrical system... the installer must "BOND"and "Ground" at the generator......(dead front plug)(or open connection housing).....then a ground rod must be driven next to generator and the #6 bare copper connected to the ground lug on the front of your generator !!!!!! Because if you don't "BonD" and or don't install ground rod then one could be electrocuted if they put themselves between Line conductor and floating neutral....... Simply that there are numerous connections with different equipments and senarios........ Many can be incorrect because of lack of knowledge, and just because it works doesn't mean it is correct and right or even to code !!!... Most weekend warriors will purely have the connections wrong, but it will function(don't get me going on RV's or Boats/Docks)... think of it this way..... You're in the woods with a generator extension cord and one incandescent light bulb...... you need to bond, and ground the generator !!!! Please ask your Authority having jurisdiction !!! People die for lack of knowledge~~~
I wish you would've showed a drawing of wiring; and how it is when it is bonded and not bonded. Just words about this and that is usually only good for those that know a lot of electricity. But for mos,t they get little from just rhetoric.
Being an instructor for 45 yrs, I proved that many times. I would start with rhetoric. That only gets 10%. Yet when I drew wiring, THEN most got it. It really works.
Lot a people including myself are just using a inlet box to back feed the house in a outage, since the main panel is bonded, the generator needs to be floating because you can’t have 2 bonded neutrals . Once you connect the generator to the inlet box, the generator will be bonded to the main panel.
Correct
when using an interlock device (minus) a transfer switch
@Conquerall Elecrtical - ThankU. Good to hear explanation of this topic from licensed electrician. My conclusion is my Firman T07571 neutral bonded portable generator powering my WH house circuits via 120/240 30A connector w/manual transfer switch is safe. Correct?
Hey so if I want to use the watchdog connect with the Generator to my house back up. The generator is self is floating neutral. if the only way I got power out with out error code, i bound the generator but When I feed to my house it has own neutral. Surge protector not seeing the neutral through my house only allowing power when I bounded. If this case it's gonna be 2 neutral. What to do at this point?
do the generlink transfer switches for home generator use requiring floating neutral generators?
i am trying to connect a f150 powerboost to a panel via a inlet 240v that is connected to a breaker in the panel it give a GFI fault error
because the ground and neutral are connected in the panel do you have a trick on how to do it
I believe all inverter generators that are parallel compatible (the ability to connect two or more generators in parallel for more power) should have a floating neutral. This is to prevent having more than one neutral/ground bonding point when two or more generators are connected in parallel. When using a floating neutral generator, it should be used with a neutral/ground bonding plug inserted into one of the output ports, if it's not wired into a circuit that already has a neutral/ground bonding point. I am not an electrician and the foregoing is my opinion only, not necessarily advice that you should follow, so check it out for yourself.
When using a separately derived system (Generator) and it is "Floating neutral" AND it has no connection to house electrical system... the installer must "BOND"and "Ground" at the generator......(dead front plug)(or open connection housing).....then a ground rod must be driven next to generator and the #6 bare copper connected to the ground lug on the front of your generator !!!!!! Because if you don't "BonD" and or don't install ground rod then one could be electrocuted if they put themselves between Line conductor and floating neutral....... Simply that there are numerous connections with different equipments and senarios........ Many can be incorrect because of lack of knowledge, and just because it works doesn't mean it is correct and right or even to code !!!... Most weekend warriors will purely have the connections wrong, but it will function(don't get me going on RV's or Boats/Docks)... think of it this way..... You're in the woods with a generator extension cord and one incandescent light bulb...... you need to bond, and ground the generator !!!! Please ask your Authority having jurisdiction !!! People die for lack of knowledge~~~