Unbonding a Westinghouse WGen7500 generator

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Unbonding a Westinghouse WGen7500 generator

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This is a repost of a video I put up a few weeks ago, but with unexpected outcome at the end!
For details on why you would unbond a generator, see this excellent video: • Bonded vs Floating neu...

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@stardust-rv7mr 7 ай бұрын

Great job.

@bluesriderDF 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback 😊

@steveed3667 6 ай бұрын

I recently purchased the same generator you have. After buying it I've heard about the perils of using non inverter generators to power houses because of the "dirty power" . How do you protect your house electronics and appliances from dirty sine wave from the generator?

@joshuaobelenusable 6 ай бұрын

I have seen some people make a short jumper using a 5-15P and a single wire going from the neutral on the plug to the frame bond bolt (under your main breaker). In whole-house transfer switch operation, the plug just dangles, but if they are using it for jobsite applications, they plug it into one of the outlets, bonding back to the frame.

@bluesriderDF 6 ай бұрын

I just made one out of an L14 plug, in case I ever need to use it standalone.

@bluesriderDF 6 ай бұрын

All I can say is that I have not had a problem in almost 22 years using these lowdown, dirty generators. 😮

@jeffhagberg6796 7 ай бұрын

I watched the first video first then this one, iF the cord that connected the generator to the transfer switch was ok and not bad. ,if you use a generator that has the internal bond and use the generator what could happen? As far as I know mine is set up like yours and I've never unbounded the generator I've used it a couple of times but its been a while ,lost power once for 6 hours and I started the generator to make coffee and run the freezer and fridge. Nothing happened all worked fine.Now 2024 every thing is all computerized including the fridge and AC . Should I do the floating ground or keep it like it is? Or just not use the generator at all? Someone chime in . Thanks for any replays!

@bluesriderDF 7 ай бұрын

Jeff, I used that bad cord with a bonded generator for 20 years, and had no idea the current was using the ground instead of the neutral. But let's say the cord was good, what would happen? You would have 2 paths to ground instead of 1. You might have GFCI's tripping, or maybe not. Otherwise you might think everything is fine. But if you had a fault in the house, my understanding is that the return current would be split between the 2 paths to ground, and not strong enough to trip a circuit breaker on either one. Please watch the video in the description for this video, it explains it better than I can. To be code compliant, you should have only one path to ground, which typically would be in your service panel. Thanks for posting!