Hi, happy holidays to all. Of course it sounds like a dual bonding
situation. Inverter generators are normally floating neutral, rotating
generators are normally neutral bonded internally in the generator. The
GFCI detects a neutral current on the ground wire. If the generator is
bonded interna
If all else fails, cut the equipment ground prong from the attachment
plug to the generator. The generator is internally grounded. You appear
to have an internal ground in your system somewhere.
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On 2022-12-16 13:35, Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches wrote:
You may have neutral and ground con
Chris,
I also found Kirk's response to capture what I would've checked first.
Ray is correct about multiple neutral-ground bonds, but there's a point
that I think has been missed. You didn't identify the generator, and I'm
going to assume that it's a portable gasoline unit. They have GFCIs on
My bet is on a neutral to ground bond inside the generator!
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Undoing the N-G bond at the E panel may not do it either. Are you sure
neutral isn't also bonded in the main distribution panel? It usually is
bonded at the generator, so you definitely have to unbond there. I'd
say 60 to 70% of off grid systems are not bonded correctly that I've
seen. Just
You may have neutral and ground connected at more than 1 location, meaning
at the genset and in house panel, which means the ground is carrying
current back to the generator in parallel with the neutral.
I remember with some Honda portables we had to float the neutral at the
genset or the inverter
The easy answer is try another genset ! You have to be more specific,
did it ever work? Is it new? etc. Good Luck !
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2022-12-16 10:04 am, Chris D
Hi folks:
We have a new Magnum MS4024 mounted on an E-Panel using a MidNite Classic 150
and Whiz-Bang JR with power coming from an array of Trina TSM365-De06X-05(II)
(three strings of three) with the ME-RC50 and a HUP SolarOne 6-85-14/24 battery.
When we attempt to use the PFC (Power Factored Ch
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