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Is the generator it self grounded to ground with its own little stud?
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton
www.yannismarine.ca
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From: "Arild Jensen" <>
To: "Alan Lewis" <>;
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:14 PM
Subject: RE: lv-ab: Honda Generator Question
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alan Lewis
>
>> My new Iota 55A charger has started blowing polarity fuses.
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>> I enquired with the local Honda service facility, and they
>> suggested that the inverter technology might be the reason for the open
>> ground. That doesn't make sense to me.
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>
> REPLY
> Inverters generally have a situation with "open grounds" unless they are
> wired according to ABYC standards.
> This is the big factor that distinguishes "marine" from other use
> inverters.
>
> A normal non-marine inverter has a floating output; meaning neither line
> is
> connected to ground.
> Marine applications require the AC system to be "polarized" and the
> designated neutral must be tied to ground.
>
> In the case of a portable Honda genset this is not feasible for obvious
> reasons. However as soon as you connect it to a boat system you end up
> with
> problems. (One more reason why the use of portable gensets is discouraged
> on boats)
> Your IOTA charger evidently looks for a potential between the green ground
> lead and the negative output lead.
> I haven't seen a schematic so have to make an educated guess.
>
> The solution is to have a ground connection from your white wire neutral
> on
> the genset and your vessel AC grounding bus.
>
> However when you connect to shore you MUST disconnect this ground strap or
> risk accelerated corrosion due to galvanic or stray currents circulating
> through the shore power cord.
>
> I do not know if connecting such a ground strap on your Honda EU
> generator
> wil create any effects or problems for the Honda safety circuits or self
> protection scheme.
>
> If you never connect to shore power this may not be a problem.
>
> regards
>
> Arild
>
>
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