Generator
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chris kennedy
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- 60 yr old tool twisting electrician
As per the NEC, never.
The way that I look at it, it depends upon how the neutral is grounded.
If the neutral is grounded at a single point at the service entrance and the neutral is not bonded to the case of the generator as well as the EGC at the generator then you don't have to transfer the neutral.
You never want the neutral bonded to the EGC at any other point other than at the service entrance.
Check with the generator manufacture to see what they have done to wire the neutral and EGC.
Should you elect to ground the neutral at the generator it is then that you want to also transfer the neutral such that the neutral is not grounded at the service entrace simultaniously.
Remember that sould you bond the neutral to the EGC at more than one location the unbalanced current that nomally returns on the neutral conductor is shared by the EGC because it is now a parallel conductor to tne neutral which is a code violation.
If the neutral is grounded at a single point at the service entrance and the neutral is not bonded to the case of the generator as well as the EGC at the generator then you don't have to transfer the neutral.
You never want the neutral bonded to the EGC at any other point other than at the service entrance.
Check with the generator manufacture to see what they have done to wire the neutral and EGC.
Should you elect to ground the neutral at the generator it is then that you want to also transfer the neutral such that the neutral is not grounded at the service entrace simultaniously.
Remember that sould you bond the neutral to the EGC at more than one location the unbalanced current that nomally returns on the neutral conductor is shared by the EGC because it is now a parallel conductor to tne neutral which is a code violation.
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