Zero is where it needs to be....loop suggestion can lead to problems...GFI
is required because of location I assume?

Jaime Solorza

On Aug 2, 2017 6:12 PM, "Steve Jones" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>

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