No, you just throw the shore power/ generator transfer switch. That breaks
all three legs (hot, neutral & safety ground) from the shore power
receptacle, and connects all three to the generator. Switching back to shore
power does the reverse.

Kevin

Dennis dmcmurtr@yahoo.ca writes:

Yes, that is technically correct. When the genset is OFF, both the neutral an
d the "bond" (the connection of the neutral to ground) should be disconnected
.

Now, as a bit of an aside, I use a Xantrex 4024MC inverter/charger to do some
of my switching. The 4024MC (despite the fact that it has been approved by th
e ABYC) DOES NOT correctly switch the ground. It only switches the hot and ne
utral legs. This is wrong, but it's the way it is.

Scott Welch
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." - John Wooden

"KevinR" kfredden@verizon.net writes:

As I mentioned in the previous post, you may find that some product which cla
im to do this (e.g. the Trace 4024MC) do not in fact switch the ground, even
though they have supposedly been approved for this use.

Scott Welch
Product Manager, Open Text Collaboration and Social Media Group
www.opentext.com
905 762 6101

"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out
." - John Wooden