

| Subject: | Re: grounding for shore power |
| From: | Richard A Jones |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:30:36 -0600 |
Joy, my syncro came in your (new) state. I just
make sure I plug the shore power cord in in the
correct orientation. (Ground down) Then, all
will be well if you use the fridge or plug two-
prong gizmos into the interior receptacle.
If the shore power cord is plugged into a ground-
fault outlet, which it would in all modern wiring
sitautions, then you are very safe, since the
ground-fault compares the positive and neutral
and doesn't look at the ground, and is much more
sensitive than a circuit breaker. Then even a
three prong gizmo would be safe unless it was a
surge protector trying to dump a spike to the ground.
The code today allows three prong receptacles to be
installed in a house with two-wire wiring if they are
"behind" a ground-fault receptacle. Again, the
situation that is not protected is a protector that
wants to dump to ground rather than shut off.
Richard A Jones
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