Date:         Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:54:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Quality Inverters
Comments: To: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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Yup!  But, truth is that most folks and most camp grounds don't care a twit
about this basic set of rules ... So, what alternatives do folks have to
protect themselves?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geza Polony" <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Quality Inverters


> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the in-vehicle "ground" means
> much to an object or person outside the vehicle. Rubber, as in tires, is a
> pretty good insulator, and if the hot side of the circuit is trying to
> find
> ground, it will do so more easily through a person or whatever than
> through
> the tires.   A real ground, for 120 v.  home wiring, consists of a 6'
> copper
> coated 1/2" rod driven at least 5' into the earth, as well as ground
> clamps
> to cold water iron or copper pipes. Unless you're going to plant a true
> grounding rod wherever you camp, you don't have a true ground. What effect
> this has on GFCI's I don't know. But I can imagine they don't function
> they
> way they're supposed to.