"George Little
Member posted 01-16-2005 07:02 PM
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Darryl- That was my point earlier, a generator is not a Service but a System. Hence the bonding jumper talked about in 250 for services is not applicable to generators. I'm not quite sure how youn size it. I'd have to research it. I've never had to size the bonding jumper for a generator but it's probably based on 12.5 % of the phase conductors. "
I THINK YOU MEANT 125% OF THE PHASE CONDUCTORS IS WHAT THE BONDING JUMPER SHOULD BE SIZED AT? SO THE #14 OR #12 JUMPER WOULD NOT SUFFICE, WHICH WAS MY ORIGINAL POINT... AND WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME GEN'S ARE BEING SOLD WITH ISOLATED NEUTRALS... IF THAT IS A CODE VIOLATION AS WE SEEM TO AGREE, HOW ARE THEY GETTING AWAY WITH IT... I KNOW THE NEC ISN'T APPROVING THEIR PRODUCT BUT CERTAINLY THE U.L. SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THE SAME SAFETY PROBLEMS IF THEY ARE MONITORING AND APPROVING PRODUCTS????
