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
>
>

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