Is it just me or are others wrestling with Kohler about how to lift the bonding on their generators so they can be used with the "neutral" on bonded at the generator? The reason for the question is I am seeing small generators (10 kw) 120/240 single phase generators coming from the factory with a tag on the generator indicating the neutral is bonded to the frame of the generator and that it can be removed in the field for applications where it should not be bonded. Example: Back up generator permanently installed using a 2 pole transfer switch. The neutral is bonded to the frame of the generator and the neutral of the utility is also bonded at a different location. Now we all know the rules about bonding the neutral in two places and this scenario is a violation. Now here's the hook- Kohler tells you that the neutral is bonded to the frame but they don't tell you how to lift the bond or where the bond is. I can read specs and prints and they are silent about this bonding or shall I say un-bonding.
It is standard procedure for Kolher to bond the neutral to the frame at the factory for testing and they always ship them out from the factory with the neutral bonded to the frames and as such they are separately derived systems.
Maybe the title should be SDS v. Not
[This message has been edited by George Little (edited 07-05-2006).]
