glennster
Well-known Member
O great exalted one, and master of the electron.....one of your grass hoppers has a question. (see, i buttered ya up pretty good!!) .
is there any difference in gounding/neutral sequences when say you have a motor home in an campground, where you pull in and maybe run a generator, then plug the rv into campground "shore"power. i would assume the rv is electricallly insulated via the tires, up until the point leveling jacks were dropped into the ground, or say an awning was erected and the poles then touch mother earth. or another example is a boat docking at a marina, then plugging in to shore power to run a/c units, battery chargers, microwave, water heater ect. the boats propulsion system being in the water, would also become a mother earth ground. would these follow a similiar proceedure like from a main distributon panel to an out building sub panel where the neutral and ground are not bonded in the sub panel but both return to the main panel? just wondering if a hazard exists and how they deal with it. kind of like you see on the news where someone steps on a metal grate on the side walk or leans against a street lamp post and gets electrocuted. ( happened in chicago several times) just wondering.... thanks.
is there any difference in gounding/neutral sequences when say you have a motor home in an campground, where you pull in and maybe run a generator, then plug the rv into campground "shore"power. i would assume the rv is electricallly insulated via the tires, up until the point leveling jacks were dropped into the ground, or say an awning was erected and the poles then touch mother earth. or another example is a boat docking at a marina, then plugging in to shore power to run a/c units, battery chargers, microwave, water heater ect. the boats propulsion system being in the water, would also become a mother earth ground. would these follow a similiar proceedure like from a main distributon panel to an out building sub panel where the neutral and ground are not bonded in the sub panel but both return to the main panel? just wondering if a hazard exists and how they deal with it. kind of like you see on the news where someone steps on a metal grate on the side walk or leans against a street lamp post and gets electrocuted. ( happened in chicago several times) just wondering.... thanks.