Did it read zero? If not , have that checked...we spent all morning with engineers, electricians and us chasing a weird diesel generator to UPS issue...Fluke meters galore...
Jaime Solorza On Aug 2, 2017 5:51 PM, "Steve Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > At a grain elevator right now, brownout type issue, 60v some places none > at others. Not our chair, not our problem, except our portable generator > gfi trips every time the cutover switch engages. > We ended up just bypassing the cutover and only wiring phase and neutral > to the generator outlet, leaving ground disconnected. I suppose we could > have left everything intact and disconnected ground from the panel, i dont > know > > But what we have now is phase and neutral on generator feeding the outlet > up top, the ground is still connected to the service ground up top. We dont > have access to a panel its connected at > > I did measure between the ground at the panel and a known good earth > ground. No voltage, i assume that means no hot ground. > > The concern here is if im missing something and the gfi is kicking because > of something i dont have capacity to verify, is running this generator this > way a risk of electrocuting somebody who touches the frame? > > Its ground is not connected in the circuit, same as if id just connected a > 2 prong adapter > >
