I was reading that on certain household devices like a 120v natural gas furnace that the control board won’t run at all if there is no ground or if the neutral is not ground bonded (usually this happens in the panel) so this is obviously a problem for floating power stations and floating gas generators.
And yes, I understand that trying to run a gas furnace would only work using a large power station but let’s ignore that for a moment.
My first question is in a pinch during an emergency (with the big main breaker off) could you wire up a polarized 2 prong plug on the furnace leads like this diagram and just borrow the bonded neutral and ground from the panel since the junction box is already conveniently nearby the furnace or would you need to go through the hassle of using a stand alone ground rod and bond the neutral and ground to that?
My second question is I am wondering what happens to bluetti or EF type battery stations when you plug in a device where the neutral blade of the plug is bonded somewhere to a ground source, will this damage the bluetti or EF?
And yes, I understand that trying to run a gas furnace would only work using a large power station but let’s ignore that for a moment.
My first question is in a pinch during an emergency (with the big main breaker off) could you wire up a polarized 2 prong plug on the furnace leads like this diagram and just borrow the bonded neutral and ground from the panel since the junction box is already conveniently nearby the furnace or would you need to go through the hassle of using a stand alone ground rod and bond the neutral and ground to that?
My second question is I am wondering what happens to bluetti or EF type battery stations when you plug in a device where the neutral blade of the plug is bonded somewhere to a ground source, will this damage the bluetti or EF?