Is this a safe use case for an old inverter / solar panels

[davefromlondon]

The type of inverter is the difference.

Thanks and forgive the detailed.questions ... how do you describe the 2 different types, what technically are the differences between the types

 

[timselectric]

How do I interpret the comment that "GFCI with no Ground Neutral bond is a higher level of.protectuon" with this comment from this video 7min 57 sec.
"A ground neutral bond on ac side of inverter is critical , without it GFCI won't work properly"

Stop watching those videos. lol

 

[davefromlondon]

How do I interpret the comment that "GFCI with no Ground Neutral bond is a higher level of.protectuon" with this comment from this video 7min 57 sec.
"A ground neutral bond on ac side of inverter is critical , without it GFCI won't work properly"

Here is the graphic the video refers to saying the ground neutral bond is critical for the GCFI to work

 

[timselectric]

Thanks and forgive the detailed.questions ... how do you describe the 2 different types, what technically are the differences between the types

Some is just from my experience.
But the fact that it has built in receptacles is a dead giveaway.

 

[davefromlondon]

Stop watching those videos. lol

 

[davefromlondon]

Stop watching those videos. lol

Some is just from my experience.
But the fact that it has built in receptacles is a dead giveaway.

What is a receptical ?

 

[Supervstech]

What is a receptical ?

Nema outlets are also called receptacles

 

[timselectric]

What is a receptical ?

The things that you will be plugging stuff into on that inverter.

 

[Supervstech]

A neutral ground bond links the outside world, building, and metallic surfaces to the neutral return portion of the AC voltage to the energy system, providing a pathway for both ground faults, and a patheay for gfci functionality...
But the GFCI will happily and properly function to protect humans from energy flow outside the gfci device...

In other words, bonding to ground is useful for many safety pathways.

A GFCI device does not need a ground attached to it to protect the hot energy running through the gfci from straying into a person, or leaking via a fault.

 

[davefromlondon]

A neutral ground bond links the outside world, building, and metallic surfaces to the neutral return portion of the AC voltage to the energy system, providing a pathway for both ground faults, and a patheay for gfci functionality...
But the GFCI will happily and properly function to protect humans from energy flow outside the gfci device...

In other words, bonding to ground is useful for many safety pathways.

A GFCI device does not need a ground attached to it to protect the hot energy running through the gfci from straying into a person, or leaking via a fault.

Thank you indeed. Please allow me.to check my understanding of your.reply in lay terms... so in my example of a standard inverter , no grid involved, on the ac side, I can add a GFCI (and then run an appliance from the GFCI )and I do 'not" also need a ground to neutral bond at the inverter ac side to ensure the GFCI works correctly and protects a human if the appliance hot cable accidentally touches the metal case, that the human is also touching ....., in this case the guy in the video is 100% incorrect .

am I correct ?

 

[Supervstech]

Thank you indeed. Please allow me.to check my understanding of your.reply in lay terms... so in my example of a standard inverter , no grid involved, on the ac side, I can add a GFCI (and then run an appliance from the GFCI )and I do 'not" also need a ground to neutral bond at the inverter ac side to ensure the GFCI works correctly and protects a human if the appliance hot cable accidentally touches the metal case, that the human is also touching ....., in this case the guy in the video is 100% incorrect .

am I correct ?

Yes, the guy in the video is 90% right, he just doesn’t understand fully what triggers a GFCI.