Chadd
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Renogy 3000W 240V Off-Grid Pure-Sine Wave Inverter
The instructions say do not connect the earth to neutral.It must be safe then to use it with just an earth to the earth terminal on the inverter ?
Anything powered by it will be by fly leads.
When we used the generator or the small inverter we had in a caravan, I never thought about earths.
If you are outside powering tools with an inverter or generator, you don't see people using earth rods : )
But if an appliance developed a short from one live wire to earth, nothing would happen ?
I understand about trips and leakage, but without the neutral connected to earth they would not work ?
If the inverter is connected to earth, it will be the same connection as the mains earth / neutral.
If an appliance the inverter is feeding develops a leak / short from one of the live wires to its case, the earth / mains neutral will be at that potential.
But with no return to touch. there would be nothing to complete the circuit or warn of the problem ?.
So how is that safe ?
Thank You Chadd