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[VAL] More wiring: grounding & inverters?



When our inverter is plugged to shore, the grounding is as previously 
suggested: neutral is UNbonded from the shell/chassis ground and the 
system then depends on grounding through the pedestal to the service 
panel. On unplugging the ground reverts to the shell/chassis.

Question (referring back to the previously envisioned scenario of the 
kid climbing into the Airstream, in the rain, with one foot still in 
the mud): if the inverter is on and 120 volts gets to the shell, 
whether directly or via a short to ground, is the kid zapped? Or do all 
those little electrons prefer to run right back to the battery? (Assume 
no GFI and a breaker that's slow to trip.)

Thanks,

Rob