[SEL] I've got heat!

[William Olson]

Hi Andy,

Friday, January 30, 2009, 5:28:19 PM, you wrote:


AG> After much help from the SEL and some other research I got my
AG> furnace to work with the generator.  Even if I have to move out
AG> due to extended outage I can still come by daily and put some heat
AG> in the house to keep the pipes from freezing.  I had to connect
AG> the neutral (white wire) to the house neutral and the control
AG> started working properly.  I'm not sure why I just know it works. 
AG> BTW The primary (black) is still seperate from the house wiring.
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It's possible that the neutral & ground were not tied together & the controls did not like that, but by tieing the neutrals together, somehow it changed the neutral/grounding situation.  Who knows.
Retired electrician.
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Thanks,  William                       mailto:weolson at wiktel.com

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