From: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
   On 1/5/19 11:52 AM, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:   
   > If the ground connection is   
   > not there I also see little advantage in bonding the neutral.   
   > I suppose you could do this   
   >   
      
   Hello, and as I pointed out previously (I don't think this is rocket   
   science), having the neutral (one side of the voltage source) bonded   
   with the EGC promotes tripping of the genset breaker if the "hot" wire   
   should fault to the metal enclose of an appliance connected to the   
   genset via a 3-wire cord (hot, neutral & ground wires).  It can be a   
   safety issue if the genset frame is also connected to a conducting   
   ground plane (e.g. earth) and the EGC (green wire) from the genset is   
   not intact to the appliance.  In that case we could have line voltage   
   existing between the appliance metal enclosure and the ground plane.  Of   
   course how much fault current would flow through the human body depends   
   upon a number of factors such as soil resistance, distance from the   
   appliance to the earth-grounded genset, etc.  Sincerely,   
      
      
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   J. B. Wood	            e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
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