Sunday, Mar 06, 2011 at 23:25
Hi
Tell her to completely ignore this section, As it is TOTALLY INCORRECT[apart from the electrocution risk]:
Safety Issues
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Electrocution
The 240 volts from an Inverter can kill you instantly, just like the 240 volt at
home, so you need to take precautions. All modern houses have a Safety Switch (or Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker - ELCB or Residual Current Device - RCD) to cut off power quickly if someone touches the 240 volt while earthed - but many
Inverters do NOT have them. Safety Switches will only protect against electrocution to earth if you connect the Earth Terminal on the Inverter to an earthing rod that has a good earth connection - a rod into dry sand is useless.
TIP Always use a Safety Switch at the Inverter if one isn’t built in - it’s very cheap protection against a fatality."endQuote
DO NOT EARTH THE GENERATOR.!! DO NOT USE AN EARTH ROD!!
A PLUG IN TYPE RCD will not be functional!!!
A safety switch SHALL be permanently fixed & PERMANENTLY CORRECTLY WIRED to be functional
THOSE ARE THE RULES
Peter
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