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It's not allowed to keep the generator bond in my area.
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thank you Guy,Perhaps, we need to take a step back here. While you CAN hook up a military generator set to power your house, It was not designed to do so. Military Power Generation is designed to power military equipment in the field. In the field requires a Neutral Bond. This is fact.
From Peter:
These particular MEP Generators were specifically designed to have this bond. Removing this bond creates a unsafe and unstable condition within these Generators, as the Neutral here is tied to the Genset Frame together with the negative post of the 24VDC Battery Supply.
When you hook up a Military generator to a house, things change. I am an electrician. But here in Germany. Cant tell you what should or should not happen when a Generator is hooked up to a house/building in America. Everyone quotes all kinds of laws and rules that apply in America. But I am also certain, those rules can be different from state to state. So maybe you all need to go back to basics. Quote the Federal laws and rules, and maybe think about the fact that you are asking a generator designed to run in the field, and are now trying to make it compatible to "City Power", if you will.
that’s correct if you use 2 pole ATSIt's not allowed to keep the generator bond in my area.
Need to clarify that the neutral-ground bond can be on the generator ONLY if the generator load is NOT supplied by the main panel on/in the structure where the neutral and ground are bonded.that’s correct if you use 2 pole ATS
You can use a isolation transformer or a 3 pole ATS and switch N on the 3rd pole
Then you can leave the Genset bond intact and be happy
The bonding of the electrical panel would have to be moved into a separate fused disconnect after the meter in this case.Need to clarify that the neutral-ground bond can be on the generator ONLY if the generator load is NOT supplied by the main panel on/in the structure where the neutral and ground are bonded.
You can NOT by code have the bonding jumper in the generator in place if you are powering through your normal electrical panel. It is clear per NEC that only ONE bonding location can exist in a system.
Correct I am using a 2-pole ATSthat’s correct if you use 2 pole ATS
You can use a isolation transformer or a 3 pole ATS and switch N on the 3rd pole
Then you can leave the Genset bond intact and be happy
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