I inadvertently got caught up in a long discussion on another forum about RV generators and bonding neutral to ground. The OP mentioned his Alliance RV showed open ground when on factory installed generator or inverter because neutral was not bonded to ground and asked if that was normal. He said he could not get a clear answer from alliance.
I never had a generator or solar, but with my electrical background I said the GFCI outlets would not function properly without a ground path back to the power source. Several immediately jumped in saying I was wrong because NEC allows GFCI outlets installed in older homes that do not have grounds to the outlets. I tried to explain that old homes and RVs were apples and oranges and can’t be compared.
So this lead to further discussions and me doing quite a bit of research and finding NEC actually has a lengthy section (Article 551) on RV power systems including generators. And has a specific requirement for providing “an effective ground-fault” circuit. OSHA has something similar. And someone else posted a link supporting bonding. The ones who disagreed apparently left the discussion, so I don’t know if I convinced them or simply outlasted them.
So. (Sorry for the long post). My question for you who have generators, both portable and factory installed, is does your generator have neutral to ground bonding? What does Keystone do?
Here is the long discussion if you care to read it.
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/f...pging/1/page/1
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