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<blockquote data-quote="Kip Conner" data-source="post: 64597" data-attributes="member: 445"><p>Re: Portable Generator Safety</p><p></p><p>I found this interesting tidbit that helps answer my question. </p><p></p><p>[TABLE="class: tborder noskimwords, width: 100%, align: center"]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD="class: alt1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]"In a normal system, the Earth ground is not a point of current return. It serves no purpose for the normal operation of the electrical system. We have a "ground" wire that we run with our circuits, but this ground is connected to the neutral at the service. This allows for a path that fault current can return to the service neutral on and trip a circuit breaker. The Earth has nothing to do with it."</p><p></p><p>That being said they only way that there could be failure is if a) I wired a quad box wrong or b) the generator itself is wired wrong. I'm positive my power is all correct, I just need to circuit test the gennie's outlets for correct wiring and test that the resistance between the frame and the outlets measures at 0 ohms. </p><p></p><p>My biggest fear is that it's not my generator so I don't know it's history. </p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kip Conner, post: 64597, member: 445"] Re: Portable Generator Safety I found this interesting tidbit that helps answer my question. [TABLE="class: tborder noskimwords, width: 100%, align: center"] [TR] [TD="class: alt1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]"In a normal system, the Earth ground is not a point of current return. It serves no purpose for the normal operation of the electrical system. We have a "ground" wire that we run with our circuits, but this ground is connected to the neutral at the service. This allows for a path that fault current can return to the service neutral on and trip a circuit breaker. The Earth has nothing to do with it." That being said they only way that there could be failure is if a) I wired a quad box wrong or b) the generator itself is wired wrong. I'm positive my power is all correct, I just need to circuit test the gennie's outlets for correct wiring and test that the resistance between the frame and the outlets measures at 0 ohms. My biggest fear is that it's not my generator so I don't know it's history. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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