Just because you're not understanding it doesn't mean what I'm saying is wrong or I'm using some word salad
I’m sure I understand this completely
sometimes electricity does weird things, but it's not magic.
I’m not trying to be jerk but in reading I sound like one. Sorry
My point is merely sourced in the inverter bonding issue that constantly comes up. I am frustrated that equipment is often left to the user to discover it is or is not connected.
I recently contacted the mfgr of my little inverter because of this issue. While I eventually
did receive a diagram regarding how to wire it in a manner they recommended that was not ambiguous, they had previously replied with three prior
different answers that either had obvious issues or were not in comprehensive english. I did not relent until they affirmed how to bond.
This is a serious safety concern imho
In my case, I was instructed to make the N/G tie
outside the inverter but electrically is the same as bonding internally. In essence it produces a length of
potentially energized bare/green between the inverter and a GFCI.
In this thread, an MPP bonding question arose and you said,
Thats not how electricity works though. The input neutral isn't a shock hazard because it returns to the source (the inverter). That's why you can open your electrical panel and grab hold of the neutral bar and it won't do anything to you
…which is in my opinion a misguided statement that isn’t supportable and could lead people to do unsafe or even lethal things. It’s a thin blanket that can’t possibly cover all the things that could go wrong. Even N to G bonding- if the N is measured over a distance it is not unusual to have a voltage differential. One bad connection or other or a chaffed H somewhere and there’s a shock. I’ve even seen a couple houses with a dangling bare wire where the owner hit it with a mower or snowblower or something and there’s voltage between the wire and ground rod.
Blanket statements suggesting that grabbing the neutral bar in a panel is just not ok imho.
I’m not an electrician nor an EE but saying stuff that might lead to someone getting electrocuted to death is just a bit crazy. Do whatever you want but don’t lead people less knowledgeable than yourself to think they can do what you do and be safe.