[RE-wrenches] Odd Inverter Problem

[Drake]

You can isolate the neural bar and ground the 
equipment grounding system to a grounding electrode.

At 06:46 PM 6/11/2016, you wrote:
>Since you don't name the inverter OEM, I'm just 
>guessing, but.....the ground to neutral bond 
>thing can indeed fry what I call "truck top" AKA 
>"portable" inverters. The puzzling thing in my 
>experience is it can take 6 months......1 
>month.....1 week......1 second for the failure. 
>Or it might work fine (but not be to code).
>
>My rule....to connect to a standard AC load 
>panel (no matter how small) the inverter has to 
>have actual hard-wired AC Out terminals...hot, 
>neutral and ground. If the only way to connect 
>it to the house AC system is a 120V AC extension 
>cord with the female end chopped off and hard 
>wired to the load panel, you are asking for 
>trouble and have left NEC far behind. I got 
>well-zapped by one these in the past....
>
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>On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Travis Jordan 
><<mailto:travis at jordansolar.net>travis at jordansolar.net> wrote:
>Just a thought, but some of the old or cheap 
>inverters don't take nicely to bonding the 
>ground to neutral. You may try leaving the 
>ground wire disconnected from the inverter for a 
>test and see if that changes anything.... Also 
>make sure you don't have moisture or a short of 
>some sort in your output cable to the house, I 
>got involved with a job once that had normal 
>Romex buried outside and it got wet and caused 
>issues with the inverter not working properly. 
>It ohmed out fine, but when I hooked it up it 
>didn't play nice with the inverter. I would 
>suspect something with the site wiring from what 
>I am understanding from your post.Â
>
>Good luck!
>
>Travis Jordan
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