I see 60-80VAC at grain sites all the time when a phase is out. Pain in
the ass. The GFI recept on the gen could just be going bad. Could also
be something as simple as noise/surge suppression in your UPS causing
it. I wouldn't worry about it.
On 8/2/2017 7:12 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
Millivolts not amps
On Aug 2, 2017 7:08 PM, "Steve Jones" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Milliamps. But its a brownout/power outage
On Aug 2, 2017 6:57 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[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
