Millivolts not amps On Aug 2, 2017 7:08 PM, "Steve Jones" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Milliamps. But its a brownout/power outage > > On Aug 2, 2017 6:57 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> >
